Goran Rakočević

Goran Rakočević
Personal information
Born	1 March 1951 (age 73); Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Listed weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1973: undrafted
Playing career	1969–1979
Position	Point guard
Number	4, 14
Career history
1969–1979	Crvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards
	European Cup Winners' Cup champion (1974); Yugoslav League champion (1972); 3× Yugoslav Cup winner (1971, 1973, 1975);
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games

Goran Rakočević (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Ракочевић; born March 1, 1951), is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is the father of Igor Rakočević, a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.

Playing career

Rakočević spent entire playing career in Crvena zvezda^[1] of the Yugoslav Basketball League, where he played during 1970s. His teammates were Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragiša Vučinić and Vladimir Cvetković among others. With them he won the National Championships, three National Cups and the 1974 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (nowadays Saporta Cup).^[1]^[2]

National team career

Rakočević was a member of the Yugoslavian national team that won the gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algeria. During his career he played 17 games for the national team.^[1]

Career achievements

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1973–74).
Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1971–72).
Yugoslav Cup winner: 3 (with Crvena zvezda: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75).

Personal life

He married Vesna Strahinjić and they have a son and a daughter. His son Igor^[3] (born 1978) is a former professional basketball player who started his career in Crvena zvezda, also. Igor is a two-time All-Euroleague Team member and three-time Alphonso Ford Trophy winner and won 2002 FIBA World Championship and 2001 EuroBasket representing FR Yugoslavia national team.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Na današnji dan: Rođen Goran Rakočević
^ "Zvezdine legende: Kako smo osvojili prvi evropski trofej". novosti.rs. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ Očevi i sinovi: ko je bolji?

[czv-1] Na današnji dan: Rođen Goran Rakočević

[2] "Zvezdine legende: Kako smo osvojili prvi evropski trofej". novosti.rs. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[3] Očevi i sinovi: ko je bolji?

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