Igor Rakočević with TAU. |
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| Nickname(s) | "The Grasshopper"[1] |
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| Position | Point Guard-Shooting Guard |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| League | Serie A Euroleague |
| Team | Montepaschi Siena |
| Born | March 29, 1978 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Draft | 2nd round, 51st overall, 2000 Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Pro career | 1995–present |
| Career history | Red Star Belgrade (1995-00) Budućnost Podgorica (2000-02) Minnesota Timberwolves (2002-03) Red Star Belgrade (2003-04) Pamesa Valencia (2004-05) Real Madrid (2005-06) TAU Cerámica (2006-09) Efes Pilsen (2009-11) Montepaschi Siena (2011-present) |
| Awards | Yugoslavian League Most Improved Player 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship MVP 1998 Adriatic League Final Four MVP 2004 Spanish ACB League 3 Point Shootout Champ 2007 All-Euroleague Second Team 2007 3x Alphonso Ford Trophy 2007, 2009, 2011 All-Euroleague First Team 2009 |
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| Competitor for Yugoslavia | ||
| FIBA World Championship | ||
| Gold | 2002 Indianapolis | Yugoslavia |
| FIBA European Championship | ||
| Gold | 2001 Turkey | Yugoslavia |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
| Bronze | 1997 Bari | Yugoslavia |
Igor Rakočević (Serbian: Игор Ракочевић; born March 29, 1978, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is 1.94 m (6 ft 4 ½ in) tall.[2][3] He is the son of Serbian basketballer Goran Rakočević who played as point guard for KK Crvena zvezda.[4]
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Rakočević played with Red Star Belgrade for five seasons before going to the NBA. With Red Star Belgrade, he won the YUBA League championship in the 1997-98 season, and finished second in the Korać Cup in the same season.
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 amounted 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.
Rakočević then returned to Europe as a member of Red Star Belgrade, and was named the most valuable player of the Adriatic League Final Four. He was the captain and best player of Red Star Belgrade in that season.
He continued his career in Spain where he played for Pamesa Valencia, Real Madrid and Tau Cerámica. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season he won the Alphonso Ford Trophy, which is given to the best scorer of the Euroleague. He was also selected to the All-Euroleague 2nd Team of that year's competition.
With TAU Cerámica, Rakočević won the Spanish Supercuo in 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Spanish King's Cup in 2008 and the Spanish ACB League championship in 2008. In 2009, he signed a contract with the Turkish League club Efes Pilsen.[5][6]
Rakočević joined Montepaschi Siena in October 2011.[7]
Rakočević made his debut with the senior Yugoslavian national team at the 2000 Olympic Basketball Tournament. After that he played in the 2001 FIBA European Championship in Turkey (where he won a gold medal) and at the 2005 FIBA 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.
He is the father of a two year old son and he is married.
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Radoslav Nesterović |
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship MVP 1998 |
Succeeded by Sani Bečirovič |
| Preceded by Drew Nicholas Marc Salyers Linas Kleiza |
Alphonso Ford Trophy 2007 2009 2011 |
Succeeded by Marc Salyers Linas Kleiza Incumbent |
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