Raško Katić

Raško Katić

Katić with Crvena zvezda in December 2013.
No. 14 – Telenet Oostende
Position Center
League Belgian League
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1980-12-08) December 8, 1980
Kragujevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight 114 kg (251 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2002 / Undrafted
Playing career 2002–present
Career history
2002–2004 Zastava
2004–2005 Crvena zvezda
2005 İTÜ İstanbul
2005 Ergonom
2005–2009 Walter Tigers Tübingen
2009–2010 Hemofarm
2010–2012 Partizan Belgrade
2012–2014 Crvena zvezda
2014–2015 CAI Zaragoza
2015–present Telenet Oostende
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Competitor for  Serbia
World Cup
2014 Spain Team

Raško Katić (Serbian: Рашко Катић, born December 8, 1980) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Telenet Oostende of the Belgian League. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays the center position.

Professional career

Rasko Katić began practicing basketball in Zastava in Kragujevac, where he played until mid-season 2003–04. In January 2004 he was hired by the Crvena zvezda, where he spent one year.

In January 2005, he signed with İTÜ İstanbul but played only 6 games, before he was released. He then returned to Serbia and played 2 games with KK Ergonom.

Gaming capacity has been fully demonstrated in the uniform of the German team Walter Tigers Tübingen, where he became a favorite of the local audience. With them he played four seasons (2005–2009).

In 2010 he came to Hemofarm where he played one season.[1] In 2010 he signed with Partizan Belgrade.[2] With them he spent two seasons, and played for the first time in his career in Euroleague.

In August 2012, he returned to Crvena zvezda Belgrade signing a two-year contract.[3]

On 29 September 2014, Katić signed a one-year deal with the Spanish club CAI Zaragoza.[4]

On 16 July 2015, Katić signed a one-plus-one year contract with the Belgian club Telenet Oostende.[5]

Serbian national team

Katić playing with the Serbian national basketball team.

Katić represented the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013. Katić was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Career statistics

Legend
  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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Partizan 16 9 17.0 .489 .000 .742 4.2 .3 .4 .3 6.9 7.1
2011–12 Partizan 7 0 10.7 .591 .000 .750 .9 .1 .3 .3 5.4 3.9
2013–14 Crvena zvezda 10 1 16.7 .429 .000 .647 2.7 .6 .5 .2 7.6 4.6
Career 33 10 15.6 .480 .000 .704 3.0 .4 .4 .2 6.8 5.6

References

  1. ↑ Hemofarm adds size with Katic
  2. ↑ Partizan extends captain Bozic, inks center Katic
  3. ↑ Red Star signs Rasko Katic
  4. ↑ "Raško Katić cierra la pintura del CAI Zaragoza". ACB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ostend fills paint with Katic". Eurocupbasketball.com. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

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