Dragan Kapičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Капичић; 7 August 1948 – 24 June 2024) was a Serbian professional basketball player and executive.

Dragan Kapičić
Kapičić with Crvena zvezda in 1971
Personal information
Born(1948-08-07)7 August 1948
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died24 June 2024(2024-06-24) (aged 75)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1970: undrafted
Playing career1965–1981
PositionSmall forward
Number9, 10
Career history
1965–1977Crvena zvezda
1977–1981Saturn Köln
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1970 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place 1974 Puerto Rico
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1969 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1971 West Germany
Gold medal – first place 1975 Yugoslavia
European Under-18 Championship
Silver medal – second place 1966 Italy Under-18

Club career

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Kapičić played with Crvena zvezda, in his hometown of Belgrade, in the Yugoslav First Federal League, from 1965 to 1977. His teammates were Zoran Slavnić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragiša Vučinić, and Vladimir Cvetković among others. With them, he won two Yugoslav National League championships, three Yugoslav National Cup titles, and one European-wide secondary level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (later called FIBA Saporta Cup) championship. He is Crvena zvezda's all-time club leader in total points scored.[1]

In the late stage of his club career, he played with Saturn Köln of the German League.[2]

National team career

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Kapičić played in 169 games with the senior Yugoslavian national team. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.[3] With Yugoslavia, he won gold medals at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, and the 1975 EuroBasket.

Post-playing career

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Kapičić was the President of the Basketball Federation of Serbia, from April 2007 to April 2011.

Personal life

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Kapičić is the son of Jovo Kapičić (1919‒2013), who was a Yugoslav People's Army General and recipient of the Order of the People's Hero.[4] He married Slobodanka "Beba" Žugić,[5] a Montenegrin actress. The couple had two sons.

His son Stefan (b. 1978), is an actor who is best known for playing his role of Colossus in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). In the 2015 Serbian sports drama We Will Be the World Champions, Kapičić is portrayed by his son Stefan.[6]

Kapičić died in Belgrade on 24 June 2024, at the age of 75.[7]

Career achievements

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See also

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References

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Sporting positions
Preceded byas President of BFSM President of the
Basketball Federation of Serbia

2007–2011
Succeeded by