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Montenegrin basketball player

Rajko Žižić

Personal information

Born

(1955-01-22)January 22, 1955
Miloševići, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia

Died

August 7, 2003(2003-08-07) (aged 48)
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Nationality

Yugoslav

Listed height

2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)

Career information

NBA draft

1977: undrafted

Playing career

1970–1991

Position

Center

Coaching career

1992–1994

Career history

As player:

1970–1971

1971–1981

1981–1984

1984–1986

1986–1987

Crvena zvezda

1987

Basket Rimini Crabs

1989–1990

Poštar Beograd

1990–1991

OKK Beograd

As coach:

1992–1994

OKK Beograd

Medals

Men's basketball

Representing Yugoslavia
Summer Olympics
	1980 Moscow	Team Competition
	1976 Montreal	Team Competition
	1984 Los Angeles	Team Competition
World Cup
	1978 Philippines	Team
	1982 Colombia	Team
EuroBasket
	1975 Yugoslavia	Team
	1979 Italy	Team
European Championship for Juniors
	1974 France	Team
	1972 Yugoslavia	Team
European Championship for Cadets
	1971 Italy	Team

Rajko Žižić (January 22, 1955 – August 7, 2003) was a Yugoslavian professional basketball player. The 6'11", 243-pounder represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning silver, gold and bronze respectively. He died on August 7, 2003, from a heart attack.

References

Sports Reference
"Preminuo bivši košarkaški reprezentativac Jugoslavije Rajko Žižić" [Former Yugoslavia National Basketball Player Rajko Žižić Passes Away]. Index.hr (in Croatian). Online (based in Zagreb). 7 August 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2013.

External links

Rajko Žižić (Rajko Zizic) biography on the Žižić family website: Family Zizic (in Serbian)
Biography at okkbeograd.org.rs

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Aleksandar Nikolić (1962–1963)
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Vojislav Vezović (1983–1984)
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Veselin Matić (1989–1990)
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Gordan Todorović (1991–1992)
Vojislav Vezović (1992)
Rajko Žižić (1992–1994)
Gordan Todorović (1994)
Igor Kokoškov (1994–1995)
Ivan Jeremić (1995)
Zoran Prelević (1995–1996)
Slobodan Nikolić (1996–1999)
Vladimir Jokanović (1999–2001)
Predrag Jaćimović (2001–2002)
Nenad Vučinić (2002–2003)
Jovica Antonić (2003)
Luka Pavićević (2003–2004)
Dejan Mijatović (2004–2006)
Slobodan Nikolić (2006–2007)
Marko Ičelić (2007–2011)
Vlade Đurović (2011–2012)
Srđan Jeković (2012–2013)
Vlade Đurović (2013)
Milovan Stepandić (2013–2015)
Vlade Đurović (2015–2016)
Darko Kostić (2016–2018)
Branislav Vićentić (2018–2019)
Branko Milisavljević (2019–2020)
Branislav Ratkovica (2020–2021)
Vasilije Budimić (2021–2022)
Vule Avdalović (2022–present)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e OKK Beograd 1993 Yugoslav Basketball Cup Winners
4 Dejan Parežanin 5 Zoran Radović 6 Slobodan Nikolić 7 Mladen Maksić 8 Andreja Lazović 9 Slobodan Kocić 10 Predrag Bogosavljev 11 Vladan Živković 12 Branislav Vićentić 13 Aleksandar Milošević 14 Rade Marojević 15 Zoran Tomić
Head coach Rajko Žižić Assistant coach Gordan Todorović

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1975 – Gold medal
4 Tvrdić 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Kapičić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić (MVP) 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Novosel

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1975 Mediterranean Games – Gold medal
4 Rakočević 5 Kićanović 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Živković 10 Georgievski 11 Knego 12 Radovanović 13 Varajić 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1979 Mediterranean Games – Silver medal
4 Gešoski 5 Marić 6 Žižić 7 Poljak 8 Pavličević 9 Nakić 10 Hadžić 11 Knego 12 Radovanović 13 Dukan 14 Petrović 15 Delibašić

v t e Yugoslavia men's basketball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
4 Georgievski 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Knego 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Varajić 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Novosel

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1978 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal
4 Vilfan 5 Kićanović 6 Žižić 7 Knego 8 Jerkov 9 Skroče 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Radovanović 13 Krstulović 14 Dalipagić (MVP) 15 Delibašić Coach: Nikolić

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1979 – Bronze medal
4 Vilfan 5 Kićanović 6 Žižić 7 Varajić 8 Jerkov 9 Nakić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Radovanović 13 Krstulović 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Skansi

v t e Yugoslavia men's basketball squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
4 Knego 5 Kićanović 6 Žižić 7 Nakić 8 Jerkov 9 Skroče 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Radovanović 13 Krstulović 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1982 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal
4 A. Petrović 5 Kićanović 6 Radović 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Avdija 10 Vilfan 11 Knego 12 Radovanović 13 B. Petrović 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia men's basketball squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
4 D. Petrović 5 A. Petrović 6 Zorkić 7 Žižić 8 Sunara 9 Mutapčić 10 Hadžić 11 Knego 12 Radovanović 13 Nakić 14 Dalipagić 15 Vukićević Coach: Novosel

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