Personal information | |
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Born | Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | February 27, 1987
Nationality | Serbian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2009: undrafted |
Playing career | 2002–2021 |
Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
Number | 4, 5, 8 |
Career history | |
2002–2006 | NIS Vojvodina |
2006–2009 | Partizan |
2009–2011 | Panathinaikos |
2011–2013 | Sevilla |
2013 | Lietuvos rytas |
2013–2015 | Partizan |
2015–2016 | PAOK |
2016–2017 | Orlandina |
2017–2018 | Brindisi |
2018–2019 | PAOK |
2019 | Pallacanestro Varese |
2019–2020 | Iraklis |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Milenko Tepić (Serbian: Миленко Тепић; born February 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7.5 in) tall, and a combo guard-point forward.
Professional career
Tepić began his career playing with the KK Sports World youth teams in Serbia. He made his professional debut with the NIS Vojvodina in 2002.
In July 2006, Tepić signed with the Serbian Euroleague club Partizan.[1] Tepić has won three Serbian League and Adriatic League titles with Partizan. He also lifted the Serbian Cup trophy in 2008 and 2009. In his last season with Partizan he averaged 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 18 Euroleague games, helping his team reach the Quarterfinal Playoffs for the second time in a row.
In June 2009, Tepić signed a three-year contract with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos.[2] He played two seasons with the Greek club and won the EuroLeague in 2011, as well as two Greek League championships in 2010 and 2011.
On 26 September 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club Cajasol Sevilla.[3] On July 25, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Lietuvos rytas.[4]
In December 2013, he returned to his former club Partizan, signing a contract until the end of the 2014–15 season.[5] He won the Serbian League championship in 2014.
On September 3, 2015, Tepić signed with Greek club PAOK for the 2015–16 season.[6]
On November 13, 2016, he signed with Italian club Orlandina Basket for the rest of the 2016–17 LBA season.[7]
On July 22, 2017, Tepić signed with Italian club New Basket Brindisi for the 2017–18 LBA season.[8]
On July 21, 2019, he signed with Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian LBA[9] but the contract was terminated on November.[10]
On November 14, 2019, Tepić joined his third team in the Greek League, Iraklis Thessaloniki. [11] He averaged 4.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. On August 10, 2020, he signed with Mega Basket.[12] On 15 July 2021, he announced his retirement from his basketball career at age 34, becoming the team manager for Mega Basket.[13]
National team career
Tepić won a gold medal at both the 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also won a gold medal at both the 2006 and 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.
He has also been a member of the senior men's Serbian national basketball team, and with the senior team of Serbia, he played at the EuroBasket 2007. At the EuroBasket 2009, he won a silver medal with Serbia. He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the EuroBasket 2011.
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
Euroleague
† | Denotes seasons in which Tepić won the EuroLeague |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2006–07 | Partizan | 20 | 6 | 19.7 | .337 | .281 | .698 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | — | 4.8 | 4.3 |
2007–08 | 23 | 14 | 26.5 | .439 | .389 | .783 | 3.4 | 2.2 | .8 | .1 | 9.0 | 8.1 | |
2008–09 | 19 | 18 | 30.5 | .389 | .397 | .673 | 3.5 | 3.3 | .8 | .2 | 9.7 | 10.5 | |
2009–10 | Panathinaikos | 15 | 2 | 15.8 | .364 | .217 | .778 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .4 | — | 3.5 | 2.3 |
2010–11† | 19 | 2 | 9.6 | .321 | .143 | .706 | 1.1 | .7 | .3 | — | 2.5 | 1.7 | |
2013–14 | Rytas | 9 | 1 | 15.8 | .348 | .222 | 1.000 | 1.6 | 1.4 | .5 | — | 4.2 | 3.2 |
Partizan | 13 | 10 | 29.6 | .427 | .320 | .889 | 2.5 | 2.0 | .8 | — | 6.2 | 5.0 | |
Career | 118 | 53 | 20.5 | .388 | .331 | .731 | 2.4 | 1.7 | .7 | .1 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
Post-playing career
On 15 July 2021, on the same day of the retirement of his playing career, Mega Basket named Tepić their new team manager.[13] He left after only one season, in July 2022.[14]
References
- ^ "B92: Milenko Tepić u Partizanu". b92.net (in Serbian). 9 July 2006. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Official, Panathinaikos inks Tepic". Sportando.com. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Milenko Tepic inks with Panathinaikos". Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ "Lietuvos Rytas sign Milenko Tepic". Sportando. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Normasoft. Net, Normasoft. "Tepić zvanično zadužio crno-beli dres sa brojem 4". Normacore.com (in Serbian). kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "PAOK Thessaloniki officially signs Milenko Tepic". sportando.com. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Un'altra stella alla Betaland: firmato Milenko Tepić". orlandinabasket.it (in Italian). 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Milenko Tepic signs with Brindisi
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (July 21, 2019). "Varese signs Milenko Tepic". Sportando. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ "RISOLTO CONSENSUALMENTE IL CONTRATTO CON MILENKO TEPIC" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 6 November 2019.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (November 14, 2019). "Milenko Tepic inks with GS Iraklis". Sportando. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (August 10, 2020). "Milenko Tepic signs with KK Mega Bemax". Sportando. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "Milenko Tepić otišao u penziju, pa postao Megin tim-menadžer". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Novica Veličković novi tim menadžer Mege". b92.net. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
External links
- Milenko Tepić at aba-liga.com
- Milenko Tepić at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Milenko Tepić at draftexpress.com
- Milenko Tepić at esake.gr (in Greek)
- Milenko Tepić at euroleague.net
- Milenko Tepić at fiba.com
- Milenko Tepić at legabasket.it (in Italian)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- 2010 FIBA World Championship players
- ABA League players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- BC Rytas players
- Real Betis Baloncesto players
- Greek Basket League players
- Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
- KK Mega Basket players
- KK Partizan players
- KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Liga ACB players
- New Basket Brindisi players
- Orlandina Basket players
- Pallacanestro Varese players
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- P.A.O.K. BC players
- Point guards
- Serbian basketball executives and administrators
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbia men's national basketball team players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Basketball players from Novi Sad
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Serbia and Montenegro
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players