Miodrag "Sija" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Миодрaг "Сија" Николић; 22 August 1938 – 17 February 2005) was a Serbian professional
basketball
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player and
coach
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. He represented the
Yugoslavia national basketball team
The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
internationally.
Playing career
Nikolić played for
OKK Beograd
Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...
, during their so-called, "Golden Era", in the late 1950s, and the first half of the 1960s, in the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
. Some of his teammates were
Radivoj Korać
Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known for holding t ...
,
Slobodan Gordić
Slobodan "Rica" Gordić ( sr-cyr, Слободан "Рица" Гордић; born 28 September 1937)[Bogomir Rajković
Bogomir "Đakica" Rajković ( sr-cyr, Богомир "Ђакица" Рајковић; born 17 July 1932), is a Serbian former professional basketball player.
Playing career
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,
Trajko Rajković
Trajko Rajković ( sr-cyr, Трајко Рајковић; 7 December 1937 – 27 May 1970) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented Yugoslavia internationally.
Playing career
Rajković played for OKK Beograd, during their s ...
, and
Milorad Erkić
Milorad Erkić ( sr-cyr, Милорад Еркић; 17 July 1932 – 10 August 2009), was a Serbian professional basketball coach, player and executive.
Early life and education
Erkić grew up playing basketball with his hometown team Radničk ...
. OKK Beograd's
head coach
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es during that time were
Borislav Stanković
),Boris (Борис)
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and
Aleksandar Nikolić
Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of S ...
, and the club's Sports Director was
Radomir Šaper
Radomir “Raša” Šaper ( sr-cyr, Радомир Шапер; 9 December 1925 – 6 December 1998), was a Serbian professor and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy of the University of Belgrade, a member of the Yugoslav nation ...
. In that period, they won four
Yugoslav League championships, and two
Yugoslav Cups. During the
1965 Yugoslav League season, Nikolić got injured, at a home game against
AŠK Olimpija
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Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They have played in two differen ...
, and he missed the rest of the season.
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at OKK Beograd website.
After recovering from the injury, Nikolić went to
Turkey
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,
where he played for
Altınordu Izmir and
ITU Istanbul, in the
Turkish Super League
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.
National team career
Nikolić was a member of the
Yugoslavian national basketball team
The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
from 1957 to 1964. He played at one
FIBA World Cup
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(
1963 in Brazil), and at four
EuroBasket
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s (
1957 in Bulgaria,
1959 in Turkey
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
,
1961 in Yugoslavia, and
1963 in Poland
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
). He also played at two
Summer Olympics
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(
1960 in Rome, and
1964 in Tokyo
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
).
M. Nikolic at 1960 Olympic Games Tournament for Men
/ref> Nikolić won a silver medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship
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The Philippines was originally awarded ...
, as well as a silver medal (1961
Events January
* January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union.
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
) and one bronze (1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
) at the EuroBasket
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. He also won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
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, in Lebanon
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.
Coaching career
During his coaching
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career, Nikolić was the head coach
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of the senior national team
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s of Qatar
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, Bahrain
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, and Kuwait
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.
Career achievements
* Yugoslav League champion: 4 (with OKK Beograd
Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...
: 1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
, 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events January
* Janu ...
, 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
and 1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
).
* Turkish Super League
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*** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire
* The ...
champion: 1 (with ITU Istanbul: 1969–70).
* Yugoslav Cup
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winner: 2 (with OKK Beograd
Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...
: 1960, 1962).
* Turkish Cup
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winner: 2 (with Altınordu: 1968; with ITU Istanbul: 1969).
References
External links
FIBA Profile
at ''sports-reference.com''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolic, Miodrag
1938 births
2005 deaths
Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Serbian men's basketball players
Serbian men's basketball coaches
Basketball players from Belgrade
KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches
OKK Beograd players
Olympic basketball players for Yugoslavia
Yugoslav basketball coaches
Yugoslav men's basketball players
1963 FIBA World Championship players
BKK Radnički players
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bahrain
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Kuwait
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Qatar
Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Place of death missing