Radenko Dobraš

{{short description|Serbian basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Radenko Dobraš

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|01|31|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia

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| college = South Florida (1988–1992)

| draft_year = 1992

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2001

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| career_position = Guard

| years1 = 1992–1993

| team1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years2 = 1993–1995

| team2 = Hapoel Jerusalem

| years3 = 1995

| team3 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years4 = 1995–1996

| team4 = Alba Berlin

| years5 = 1996–1997

| team5 = TSK uniVersa Bamberg

| years6 = 2000–2001

| team6 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

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Radenko Dobraš (born January 31, 1968) is a Serbian former basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Radenko-Dobras/Israel/Hapoel-SP-Tel-Aviv/12146|title=Radenko Dobras Basketball Player Profile, Hapoel SP Tel-Aviv, News, Winner League, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards |website=Eurobasket LLC}} He played the guard position.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/radenko-dobras-1.html|title=Radenko Dobras College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19920412-1992-04-12-9204120154-story.html|title=YUGOSLAVIAN HOPES HE MADE HIS POINT AT PIT|author=DAVE JOHNSON |date=April 12, 1992|website=Daily Press}} He was named to the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.

Biography

Dobraš was born and grew up in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of Yugoslavia.{{Cite web|url=https://gousfbulls.com/honors/usf-athletic-hall-of-fame/radenko-dobras/12|title=Radenko Dobras (2011) - USF Athletic Hall of Fame|website=USF Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.postbulletin.com/dobras-takes-long-way-to-rochester-cba/article_42407982-c234-5e10-bf01-731ff93ce098.html|title=Dobras takes long way to Rochester, CBA|date=November 18, 1993 |website=Post Bulletin}} He is {{convert|6|ft|7|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall.{{Cite web|url=https://gousfbulls.com/news/2014/10/21/209728489|title=10 Essential Bulls: Radenko Dobras|date=October 21, 2014|website=USF Athletics}}

He was a member of the Yugoslavian Junior National Basketball Team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebullspen.com/topic/8577-radenko-dobras/|title=USF Basketball Gets Another Boost with Signing of Yugoslavian Guard|date=September 2, 1988|author=John Romano|work= St. Petersburg Times }}{{Cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/01/08/college-report|title=COLLEGE REPORT|date=January 8, 1990|first=William F.|last=Reed|website=Sports Illustrated Vault}}

Dobraš attended the University of South Florida from 1988 to 1992, playing for the South Florida Bulls. He held the school's assist record for over a decade, with 534. He was on the Sun Belt Conference All-Freshman Team in 1988–89 when he led the conference in steals with 59, all-conference second team as a sophomore, first-team as a junior when he was fourth in the conference in points per game with 18.7, and Metro Conference first team as a senior when he was second in the conference in assists with 149. He was the MVP of the 1990 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/sun-belt-conference-mens-basketball-championship-history|title=Sun Belt Conference men's basketball championship history|first=Ryan|last=Gaydos|date=February 13, 2020|website=Fox News}} Dobraš had his jersey retired in 2002. He was inducted into the University of South Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.

Dobraš played for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem.{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=7660&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1995-96 Season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Radenko Dobras|website=basket.co.il}} He was named to the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.

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