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Stimac is back at Crvena Zvezda

Stimac is back at Crvena Zvezda

Crvena Zvezda Telekom Beograd (KLS) signed 28-year old Serbian international center Vladimir Stimac. It is actually his comeback to Beograd as he played here before. Stimac already started the season at Estudiantes in Spanish Liga Endesa. In three games he had 11.0ppg and 6.3rpg. However he had an opt-out clause in his deal with the Madrid team in case of an offer from the EuroLeague team, which he used to move to Belgrade. The last season he played at Bayern Muenchen (BBL) in German league. The team played in three different competitions that year. In 46 BBL games he recorded 8.7ppg and 5.3rpg. He helped them to make it to both league and supercup final. Stimac also played 10 games in Euroleague where he recorded 6.9ppg and 4.1rpg. He also played 8 games in Eurocup where he recorded 11.1ppg and 5.4rpg.
The previous (13-14) season Stimac played at Unicaja Malaga (Liga Endesa) in Spain. In 41 games he recorded 7.1ppg and 5.6rpg. He also played 23 games in Euroleague where he recorded 7.6ppg and 5.1rpg.
In 12-13 season Stimac played at Banvit (BSL) in Turkish league. In 42 games he recorded 8.5ppg and 7.4rpg. He contributed to his team making it to the final and cup semifinals. Stimac also played 12 games in Eurocup where he recorded 12.8ppg, 6.8rpg and 1.3apg.
In 11-12 season he played at Eskisehir Basket (BSL) in Turkish league. In 30 games he recorded 14.8ppg, 9.9rpg and 1.3apg in 2011-12 season. A very impressive year as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Turkish League 2nd Team, All-Bosmans Team and to the All-Star Game. Stimac also played 6 games in FIBA Europe Cup where he recorded very remarkable stats: 18.0ppg, 7.2rpg, 1.7apg and 1.0bpg.
In 10-11 season he played at CEZ Nymburk (NBL) in Czech Republic league, where he won  the league title and the cup.
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Stimac was voted Eurobasket.com All-Latvian League Bosman Player of the Year back in 2007 and 2008.He has been also a member of Serbian international program for some years. Stimac has regularly played for Serbian senior team since 2012 and previously for U20 National Team in 2007. He represented Serbia at the European Championships in Slovenia two years ago.
Stimac is quite experienced player. He has played also professionally in Lithuania (Zalgiris and Zalgiris II Kaunas), Latvia (Valmiera and Ventspils), Serbia (KK Beovuk 72 Beograd) and Turkey (Banvit Basketbol Kulubu).