Nikola VujÄić
Nikola Vujčić ( born June 14, 1978 in Vrgorac, Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian professional basketball player who plays at a height of 2.11 m on the position of the center.
Vujčić which is generally counted among the current best European center, his professional career began in 1995 at KK Split where he played previously in the youth departments. Signed in 2001 Vujčić a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, who sought a replacement for its outgoing center Nate Huffman. Since Huffman, who won the Suproleague with Maccabi in the previous year, but decided to stay one more season Vujčić was after only a short time to the French first division club ASVEL Villeurbanne borrowed. With Villeurbanne Vujčić won for the first time in 21 years for the club again in the national championship and participated in the ULEB Euro League. Since 2002 Vujčić is back in the squad of Maccabi and was able to collect a number of titles and awards. In addition to five championships and four Cup victories Vujčić was the ULEB Euro League win with Tel Aviv in 2004 and 2005. On 3 November 2005 Vujčić reached a triple -double was the first player in the Euro League, founded in 2000. At a meeting against Prokom Trefl Sopot, who won 95-68 with Maccabi, he reached 11 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists.
With the Croatian national Vujčić won two European Junior Championships and also took part in four men's European Championships.
Nikola Vujčić belonged in early 2008 to a circle of 105 basketball players who were nominated by the Euro League Basketball and / or basketball interested, actively fifty major personalities of the sport of basketball in Europe in the period 1958 to 2008, determine and subsequently in May 2008 in Madrid (Spain ) honor can. All nominated players have played a particularly prominent role in the European Cup competitions of FIBA Europe and the Euro League basketball and belonged respectively to the most prominent ' stars' of their national league teams.
Achievements
- French Champion: 2002
- Israeli champion: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Croatian Cup Winners: 1997
- Israel State Cup winners: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Greek Cup winner: 2010
- ULEB Euro League: 2004, 2005
- U18 European Championship: 1995
- U19 European Championship: 1996
Awards
- MVP of the U18 European Championship: 1995
- All- euro League First Team: 2005, 2006, 2007
- All- euro League Second Team: 2003, 2004
- Participation in the Croatian All Star Game: 1999, 2000
- French participation in the All Star Game: 2002
- Participations in the Greek All Star Game: 2009
- Participation in European championships: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005