Dušan Vukčević


Dušan Vukčević is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He also holds Greek citizenship, under the name Ntoussan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits.

Professional career

Vukčević grew up with the Bosna Sarajevo youth teams. He moved to Yugoslavia in 1993, to Crvena zvezda, where he played two years. After that he moved to Greece, where he first played for Apollon Patras, and then Olympiacos, where he played four years and got a Greek passport. In the 2001–02 season, he went to Spain to play for Real Madrid, and a year after that, he went to Montepaschi Siena, where he won the first Italian League championship of the club's history. In 2005, he played for Ülkerspor. He later played in Italy for Olimpia Milano, Virtus Bologna, Basket Rimini, and Scaligera Verona, where he last played in the 2011–12 season.

Serbian national team

Vukčević was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro national team at the FIBA EuroBasket 2003 in Sweden. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.0 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.3 assists per game.

Post–playing career

Since he has Greek citizenship, and speaks Greek fluently, after his playing career ended, Vukčević became a TV basketball game commentator in Greece.

Personal life

Vukčević is married to a Swedish businesswoman Jade Cicak. They have to sons. The older son, Tristan is a basketball player for the Real Madrid Cadets.