Stefan Birčević Explained

Stefan Birčević
Height M:2.10
Weight Kg:100
Birth Date:13 December 1989
Birth Place:Lazarevac, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Draft Year:2011
Career Start:2007
Career End:2024
Career Position:Power forward
Career Number:14
Years1:2007–2011
Team1:Metalac Valjevo
Years2:2011–2014
Team2:Radnički Kragujevac
Years3:2014–2016
Team3:Estudiantes
Years4:2016–2017
Team4:Partizan
Years5:2017–2018
Team5:İstanbul BB
Years6:2018
Team6:Banvit
Years7:2018–2019
Team7:Telekom Baskets Bonn
Years8:2019–2020
Team8:Partizan
Years9:2021
Team9:Bursaspor
Years10:2021–2023
Team10:U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Years11:2023
Team11:Mitteldeutscher BC
Years12:2023–2024
Team12:Lietkabelis Panevėžys
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Stefan Birčević (Serbian: Стефан Бирчевић, born 13 December 1989) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Serbian national basketball team. Standing at, he played the power forward position.

Professional career

Birčević played with Metalac Valjevo, before joining Radnički Kragujevac in the summer of 2011. In August 2014, he moved to Spain and signed with CB Estudiantes.[1] On 13 June 2016 he signed a two-year contract with Serbian club Partizan.[2]

On 13 July 2017, Birčević signed with Turkish club İstanbul BŞB for the 2017–18 season.[3]

On 4 December 2018, Birčević signed with German club Baskets Bonn for the rest of 2018–19 season.[4]

On 23 August 2019, Birčević signed with Partizan for the rest of 2019–20 season.[5]

On 16 December 2020, Birčević signed with Borac Čačak for the rest of 2020–21 season.[6] He left the team 10 days later, prior his debut for Borac. On 28 December, he signed for the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League.[7] [8] However, due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions he never manage to join the Hiroshima Dragonflies and left the team prior his debut.

In February 2021, Birčević signed for Turkish club Frutti Extra Bursaspor.[9]

On 13 July 2021, he signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională.[10]

On 21 August 2023, Birčević signed a one-year deal with Mitteldeutscher BC of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[11] He parted ways with the team on 23 October.[12]

On 11 November 2023, Birčević signed with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) for the rest of the season.[13] On 6 February 2024, Birčević parted ways with the team and retired from professional basketball.

National team career

Birčević won the gold medal with the Serbian university team at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. Birčević was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Birčević also represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics where they won the silver medal, after losing to the United States in the final game with 96–66.[14]

Birčević also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[15]

At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy,[16] but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina.[17] With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place.[18] [19] Birčević averaged 4.8 points and 2.8 rebounds over 6 tournament games.

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821163137/http://www.abaliga.com/a7778/News/Bircevic_from_Kragujevac_to_Madrid.html Birčević from Kragujevac to Madrid
  2. News: Stefan Birčević je prvo pojačanje Partizana u sezoni 2016/17 . 13 June 2016 . kkpartizan.rs . 13 June 2016 . Serbian.
  3. News: Stefan Bircevic inks with Istanbul BSB . 13 July 2017 . Sportando.com . 13 July 2017.
  4. News: Baskets verpflichten serbischen Nationalspieler . 4 December 2018 . telekom-baskets-bonn.de . 4 December 2018.
  5. News: Povratak Stefana Birčevića . 23 August 2019 . kkpartizan.rs . 23 August 2019.
  6. Web site: Stefan Birčević reinforced Borac . aba-liga.com . 16 December 2020.
  7. News: Stefan Birčević signed with Hiroshima Dragonflies . Sportando . 27 December 2020 . 28 December 2020 . Vezonik . Uroš.
  8. Web site: Birčević potpisao za Hirošimu . mozzartsport.com . 28 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Birčević pronašao klub: Uželeo sam se košarke . b92.net . 23 February 2021.
  10. News: Stefan Bircevic signs with U Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca . 13 July 2021 . Sportando . En . 4 August 2021 . Carchia . Emiliano.
  11. Web site: Stefan Bircevic kommt zum SYNTAINICS MBC . syntainics-mbc.de . de . 21 August 2023 . 12 November 2023.
  12. Web site: Syntainics MBC: Verletzung zwingt Bircevic zum vorzeitigen Abschied aus Weißenfels . mdr.de . de . 23 October 2023 . 12 November 2023.
  13. Web site: Priekinę liniją sustiprino Stefanas Birčevičius . kklietkabelis.lt . lt . 11 November 2023 . 12 November 2023.
  14. News: Rio Olympics 2016: USA beat Serbia in men's basketball to win last gold of Games . 18 September 2017 . BBC Sport . 21 August 2016.
  15. News: Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong . 17 September 2017 . FIBA.basketball . 17 September 2017 . en.
  16. News: Curkovic . Igor . FIBA Basketball World Cup Power Rankings, Volume 3 . 14 September 2019 . fiba.basketball . 28 August 2019.
  17. News: Argentina upsets Olympic silver medalist Serbia in FIBA World Cup quarterfinals . 14 September 2019 . nbcsports.com . 10 September 2019.
  18. News: Serbia defeats USA in FIBA World Cup consolation round play . 14 September 2019 . nba.com . 12 September 2019.
  19. News: T. . P. . Bogdanović ponovo briljirao – Srbiji peto mesto u Kini . 14 September 2019 . 14 September 2019 . Serbian.