Rok Stipcevic
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Rok Stipčević is a Croatian professional basketball
Basketball
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 player who currently plays for Pallacanestro Varese
Pallacanestro Varese
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 in Italy
Italy
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. His height is 1.84 m (6 ft 0 ½ in) and he plays as a point guard
Point guard
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Stipčević grew up in Zadar, Croatia, where he started to play basketball for KK Zadar, joining the senior team in 2003. In season 2005/06 he was loaned to KK Borik Puntamika.

He was a member of the Croatian Junior National Teams U16, U18, U20, and is a current member of the senior's National Team of Croatia. With them, he participated in the 2010 World Championship and the 2011 European Championship.

External links

  • Rok Stipčević Info Page at NLB League
    NLB League
    Liga ABA, also known as Adriatic League, until September 2011 known as the NLB Liga ABA for sponsorship reasons, is a top-level regional basketball league, featuring teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.The league exists alongside scaled-down national...

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