Uroš Tripković

Uroš Tripković
	Fenerbahçe
2013–2014	Vanoli Cremona
Career highlights and awards
	3× Adriatic League champion (2007–2009); 3× Serbian League champion (2007–2009); 4× Serbia and Montenegro League champion (2003–2006); 2× Radivoj Korać Cup winner (2008–2009); 2013);
Men's basketball
Representing Serbia
FIBA EuroBasket
Representing Serbia and Montenegro
U20 European Championship

Uroš Tripković (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Трипковић; born September 11, 1986) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he played as a shooting guard and was known as a good 3-point shooter.

Player profile

Tripković was a skilled guard and a prolific 3-point shooter. He was considered by many to be one of the best young guards in Europe. He was a natural scorer with a great release on his jump shots and very good shooting mechanics. He was also an excellent free throw shooter. He played the point guard position when he was younger, but later shooting guard was his main position.

Professional career

Tripković grew up with the

DKV Joventut.^[1] In August 2010, he moved to Unicaja Málaga.^[2] On January 5, 2012, he parted ways with the club and became free agent.^[3]

In September 2012, after more than half year of not playing for anyone, Tripković started talks with the

Fenerbahçe Ülker.^[7]

However he left Fenerbahçe at the end of the season.

On October 30, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Italian team Vanoli Cremona.^[8] After he suffered a season-ending injury, Cremona decided to part ways with him in January 2014.^[9]

On October 8, 2014, Tripković announced his retirement from the professional basketball, due to the injuries he suffered over the previous few seasons.^[10]

National team career

Tripković was a member of the senior men's

Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. After missing the EuroBasket 2007 due to injuries, he won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2009 with the Serbian national basketball team. He skipped the 2010 FIBA World Championship

, due to a foot injury.

Post-playing career

Tripković owns and operates blueberry orchards, the first orchard is in Preljina, near his hometown Čačak, and the second-one is near Topola.^[11]

EuroLeague 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

	Led the league


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2002–03	Partizan	3	0	1.7	.000	.000	.000	.3	.0	.0	.0	.0	- .7
2003–04	Partizan	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
2004–05	Partizan	14	7	26.2	.362	.355	.969	1.3	1.4	1.0	.0	10.7	4.7
2005–06	Partizan	12	11	28.3	.336	.286	.650	1.3	1.9	1.3	.1	10.3	3.3
2006–07	Partizan	19	14	25.1	.385	.347	.794	2.1	1.2	1.0	.0	10.0	4.6
2007–08	Partizan	23	9	18.8	.363	.314	.783	1.8	1.0	.2	.0	7.1	1.7
2008–09	Partizan	19	2	23.3	.359	.387	.811	1.7	.7	.4	.0	10.1	4.1
2010–11	Unicaja	15	4	17.9	.413	.397	.917	1.5	1.1	.7	.0	8.1	5.4
2012–13	Fenerbahçe	7	1	10.8	.346	.429	1.000	.7	.7	.4	.0	4.3	1.3
Career		113	48	21.3	.367	.349	.829	1.6	1.1	.7	.0	8.6	3.5

References

^ "DKV JOVENTUT inks Uros Tripkovic". Eurocupbasketball.com. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Unicaja signs Uros Tripkovic". eurocupbasketball.com. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Uros Tripkovic and Unicaja Malaga part ways". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ "Claudio Sabatini: 'We are negotiating with Uros Trikpkovic'". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ "Virtus Bologna-Uros Tripkovic, negotiations fell apart". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ "Uros Tripkovic se incorpora al Blancos de Rueda". CB Valladolid. Archived from the original on July 22, 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ "Uros Tripkovic Joins Fenerbahçe Ülker". Fenerbahçe Web Site. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "Vanoli Cremona announced Uros Tripkovic". Sportando.net. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ "Uros Tripkovic, Vanoli Cremona part ways". Sportando.net. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ "Serbian guard Uros Tripkovic retires at 28". Sportando.com. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ "Intervju, Uroš Tripković: Od "bloka za Uroša" do plantaža borovnica". moravainfo.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 March 2019.

External links

[1] "DKV JOVENTUT inks Uros Tripkovic". Eurocupbasketball.com. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[2] "Unicaja signs Uros Tripkovic". eurocupbasketball.com. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[3] "Uros Tripkovic and Unicaja Malaga part ways". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

[4] "Claudio Sabatini: 'We are negotiating with Uros Trikpkovic'". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

[5] "Virtus Bologna-Uros Tripkovic, negotiations fell apart". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

[6] "Uros Tripkovic se incorpora al Blancos de Rueda". CB Valladolid. Archived from the original on July 22, 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[7] "Uros Tripkovic Joins Fenerbahçe Ülker". Fenerbahçe Web Site. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[8] "Vanoli Cremona announced Uros Tripkovic". Sportando.net. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[9] "Uros Tripkovic, Vanoli Cremona part ways". Sportando.net. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

[10] "Serbian guard Uros Tripkovic retires at 28". Sportando.com. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

[11] "Intervju, Uroš Tripković: Od "bloka za Uroša" do plantaža borovnica". moravainfo.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 March 2019.

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