Vladimir Štimac


Vladimir Štimac is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. Standing at, he plays the center position.

Professional career

Vladimir grew up with KK Beovuk 72 youth team, and later spent two years in Lithuania and one in Latvia before returning to Serbia. During his first season abroad, he played for Lithuanian BC Žalgiris reserves team and managed to make it into the first team for the next season. In order to get a chance to play as a first team regular, he was allowed to spend his third SEB BBL year with Latvian side SK Valmiera, where he was with no doubt the best player in the 2007–08 season.
He played for the Orlando Magic in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2010. In September 2010, he signed with the Latvian team BK Ventspils, but was released two months later. In November 2010, he signed a contract for the remainder of the season with ČEZ Nymburk.
In July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Olin Edirne Basket. In 30 games of Turkish League, he averaged 14.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. For the 2012–13 season he moved to Banvit.
In September 2013, he signed a 1+1 contract with the Spanish club Unicaja Málaga. In June 2014, he left Unicaja.
In August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Bayern Munich.
On October 2, 2015, he signed a preliminary agreement with the Spanish team Estudiantes. On October 27, 2015, he returned to Crvena zvezda signing a contract for the rest of the season.
On August 31, 2016, Štimac signed with Turkish club Beşiktaş for the 2016–17 season.
On August 22, 2017, Štimac signed a one-year deal, with an option for another, with Turkish club Anadolu Efes.
On July 12, 2018, Štimac signed with Türk Telekom for the 2018–19 season.
On September 25, 2019, he signed a three-month contract with Turkish EuroLeague team Fenerbahçe. On December 25, he returned to Crvena zvezda.

Serbian national team

He managed to win a 2007 U20 European Championship gold medal as a member of the Serbian U20 National Team 2007.
Štimac represented the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013. He was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Štimac 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.
Štimac also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.

Career statistics

EuroLeague