Dragan Kapičić
Personal information | |
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Born | Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia | 7 August 1948
Nationality | Serbian |
Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Listed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1970: undrafted |
Playing career | 1965–1981 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 9, 10 |
Career history | |
1965–1977 | Crvena zvezda |
1977–1981 | Saturn Köln |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Dragan Kapičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Капичић; born 7 August 1948) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and executive.
Club career
Kapičić played with Crvena zvezda, in his hometown of Belgrade, in the Yugoslav First Federal League, from 1965 to 1977. His teammates were Zoran Slavnić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragiša Vučinić, and Vladimir Cvetković among others. With them, he won two Yugoslav National League championships, three Yugoslav National Cup titles, and one European-wide secondary level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (later called FIBA Saporta Cup) championship. He is Crvena zvezda's all-time club leader in total points scored.[1]
In the late stage of his club career, he played with Saturn Köln of the German League.[2]
National team career
Kapičić played in 169 games with the senior Yugoslavian national team. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.[3] With Yugoslavia, he won gold medals at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, and the 1975 EuroBasket.
Post-playing career
Kapičić was the President of the Basketball Federation of Serbia, from April 2007 to April 2011.
Personal life
Kapičić is the son of Jovo Kapičić (1919‒2013), who was a Yugoslav People's Army General and recipient of the Order of the People's Hero.[4] He married Slobodanka "Beba" Žugić,[5] a Montenegrin actress. The couple have two sons.
His son Stefan (born 1978), is an actor that is best known for playing his role of Colossus in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). In the 2015 Serbian sports drama We Will Be the World Champions, Kapičić is portrayed by his son Stefan.[6]
Career achievements
- FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (FIBA Saporta Cup) champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1973–74)
- Yugoslav League champion: 2 (with Crvena zvezda: 1968–69, 1971–72)
- German League champion: 1 (with Saturn Köln: 1980–81)
- Yugoslav Cup winner: 3 (with Crvena zvezda: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75)
See also
- KK Crvena zvezda accomplishments and records
- List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played
- Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League career stats leaders
References
- ^ Souly: Kaponja - kapiten svih zvezda, Koš magazin.
- ^ Kapičići za sve generacije
- ^ Dragan Kapicic Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Narodni heroji Jugoslavije. „Mladost“ Beograd, 1975. godina
- ^ Ljubavne priče slavnih sportista
- ^ Full Cast & Crew of We Will Be the World Champions.
External links
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Belgrade
- Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- BSC Saturn Köln players
- FIBA World Championship-winning players
- KK Crvena Zvezda executives
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia
- Serbian basketball executives and administrators
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian people of Montenegrin descent
- Small forwards
- Yugoslav men's basketball players
- 1970 FIBA World Championship players
- 1974 FIBA World Championship players