Igor Rakočević

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Igor Rakočević
Игор Ракочевић
nickname =

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caption = Igor Rakočević with TAU.
position = Point guard
Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 185
league = ACB
team = TAU Vitoria
nationality =Serbian
birth_date = birth date and age|1978|3|29
birth_place = Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
draft = 2nd round, 51st overall
draft_year = 2000
draft_team = Minnesota Timberwolves
career_start = 1995
former_teams = Red Star Belgrade (1995–2000)
Budućnost Podgorica (2000–2002)
Minnesota Timberwolves (2002–2003)
Red Star Belgrade (2003–2004)
Pamesa Valencia (2004–2005)
Real Madrid (2005–2006)

awards = FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship MVP 1998
Adriatic League MVP 2004
Euroleague Scoring Champ 2007

Igor Rakočević ( _sr. Игор Ракочевић; born March 29, 1978, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball player currently playing for TAU Cerámica in Spain. He is a graduate of the IX-th Belgrade Gymnasium.

Pro career

NBA

Rakočević was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round (51st overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft. He did not play until the 2002-03 NBA season, in which he mounted 244 minutes in 42 games and averaged 1.9 points, 0.8 assists, and 0.4 rebounds per game. He was released after the season and signed by the San Antonio Spurs who also released him shortly after.

Europe

He then returned to Europe playing for Red Star and was officially the best player of the Adriatic League. He continued his career in Spain were he played for Pamesa Valencia, Real Madrid and he's currently playing for Tau Ceramica. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season he won the "Alphonso Ford" trophy, which is given to the best scorer of the Euroleague and he was also selected to the All-Euroleague 2nd Team of that year's competition.

With TAU Cerámica, Rakočević won the Spanish Supercopa in 2006 and the Spanish League championship in 2008.

FIBA international career

Rakocevic made his debut with the Yugoslavian national team at the 2000 Olympic Basketball Tournament. After that he played in the 2001 European Championship in Turkey (where he won a gold medal) and at the 2005 European Championship in Serbia and Montenegro. He was a member of the team that became the FIBA World Champions in Indianapolis at the 2002 FIBA World Championship and he was the captain of the Serbia and Montenegro national team in Japan at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament at Athens.

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/igor_rakocevic/index.html NBA player profile] @ NBA.com
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=ANB Euroleague.net player profile]