Ratomir Vićentić

{{Short description|Serbian basketball player and professor (1939–2009)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1939|8|5}}

| birth_place = Ivanjica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2009|7|14|1939|8|5}}

| death_place = Belgrade, Serbia

| nationality = Serbian

| draft_year = 1961

| career_position = Center

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| career_start = 1958

| career_end = 1965

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| years1 = 1958–1965

| team1 = Crvena zvezda

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Ratomir Vićentić ({{lang-sr-cyr|Ратомир Вићентић}}; August 5, 1939 – July 14, 2009{{cite web|title=Vremeplov (14. jul 2017)|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/drustvo/2803012/vremeplov-14-jul-2017.html|website=rts.rs|accessdate=1 September 2017}}) was a Serbian professor and professional basketball player.

Basketball career

Vićentić spent entire career playing for Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav Federal League. He played from 1958 to 1965. Also, he played for the Crvena zvezda youth system.

Vićentić was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team that won the bronze medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games in Naples, Italy.{{cite web |title=Na današnji dan: Rođeni Vladimir Petrić i Ratomir Vićentić |url=http://www.mojacrvenazvezda.net/93530/2014/08/05/na-danasnji-dan-rodjeni-vladimir-petric-ratomir-vicentic/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806202442/http://www.mojacrvenazvezda.net/93530/2014/08/05/na-danasnji-dan-rodjeni-vladimir-petric-ratomir-vicentic/ |archive-date=2014-08-06 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |website=mojacrvenazvezda.net}}

= Post-playing career =

After retirement in 1965, Vićentić was a technical director for the Crvena zvezda until 1972.

Personal life

Vićentić moved to Belgrade in 1950 where he graduated at the University of Belgrade with major in mechanical engineering. He was a professor and the head of the Belgrade Polytechnic School.

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