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Serbian-Bosnian basketball player
Ratko Varda Born (1979-05-06 ) 6 May 1979 (age 45 ) Bosanska Gradiška , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia Nationality Serbian / Bosnian Listed height 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in ) Listed weight 112 kg (247 lb ) NBA draft 2001 : undrafted Playing career 1995–2017 Position Center Number 9, 10, 12, 20, 21, 31, 42, 44, 50 1995–2001 Partizan 2001–2002 Detroit Pistons 2003 Union Olimpija 2003–2004 Apollon Patras 2004–2005 Beşiktaş 2005–2006 Kyiv 2006–2007 Real Madrid 2007–2008 ViveMenorca 2008 Žalgiris 2009 Khimki 2009–2011 Asseco Prokom Gdynia 2011 Union Olimpija 2011–2012 Azovmash 2012 Mahram Tehran 2012–2013 Radnički Kragujevac 2013–2014 Mega Vizura 2015 United Byblos Amchit 2015 Kožuv 2016 Sutjeska 2016–2017 Hekmeh 2017 Dynamic
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Ratko Varda (Serbian Cyrillic : Ратко Варда ; born 6 May 1979) is a Serbian-Bosnian former basketball player who played professionally for 22 years.[1] [2] in ), he played the center position. He first represented FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro junior national team , and later represented Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally.[3]
Professional career [ edit ]
Varda came up through Partizan 's youth system and made his debut during the 1995–96 season, before making himself eligible for the 2001 NBA draft .[4] Detroit Pistons roster to the start of the 2001–02 season.[5] NBA on the rosters of the Pistons and the Washington Wizards . However, he was officially featured in only 1 game. Varda's first and last NBA game was on February 12, 2002, in a 71–99 loss to the Phoenix Suns where he played for 5 and half minutes and record 5 points and 1 rebound.
In January 2003, he returned to Europe and signed with Union Olimpija until the end of the 2002–03 season.[6] Greek Basket League with Apollon Patras . In the 2004–05 season, he played with Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League .
In the 2006–07 season, he played in the Spanish Liga ACB with Real Madrid , but he could not finish the season due to an anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.[7]
On October 29, 2007, he signed for the entire season of the Spanish championship with ViveMenorca , having recovered from his knee injury.[8] [9]
On August 21, 2008, he signed a two-year contract with the Lithuanian champions BC Žalgiris from Kaunas .[10] [11] [12]
On January 26, 2009, he signed with the Russian club BC Khimki .[13] Asseco Prokom Gdynia of Poland.[14] [15]
In August 2011, he returned to his former club Union Olimpija , signing a one-year contract.[16] BC Azovmash from Mariupol .[17] [18]
On September 29, 2012, he signed a one-month deal with Iranian club Mahram Tehran .[19] [20]
On November 5, 2012, he signed with Radnički Kragujevac .[21] [22]
On July 31, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Mega Vizura .[23] [24]
In 2012 and 2013, he captained the Republika Srpska team in friendlies against Serbia.[25] [26]
On February 2, 2015, he signed with United Byblos Amchit of the Lebanese Basketball League .[27]
On October 1, 2015, Varda signed with KK Kožuv of the Macedonian First League .[28] BIBL games.[29] Sutjeska for the rest of the season.[30] Hekmeh of the Lebanese Basketball League for the rest of the 2016 season.[31] [32]
On March 7, 2017, Varda announced his retirement.[33] Dynamic .[34] [35] [36]
National team career [ edit ]
Varda first represented Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team . He won the bronze medal at the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in France, and gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Italy.[37]
He was on the preliminary 17-man squad of coach Svetislav Pešić for the Eurobasket 2001 in Turkey.[38] [39] Željko Obradović preliminary squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. However he and Dejan Milojević were cut on July 20, 2004.[40] [41] [42]
After not getting opportunity to play for Serbian national team, Varda accepted offer to play for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team .[43] [44] FIBA EuroBasket 2009 qualification and FIBA EuroBasket 2011 qualification .[37] Sabit Hadžić .[45]
Personal life [ edit ]
A Serb ,[46] Gradiška , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina). His family moved to Serbia during the Bosnian War . He has a tattoo of Saint George and the Dragon .
References [ edit ]
^ "Intervju - Ratko Varda poslije 22 godine karijere..." RTV BN . Retrieved 22 March 2022 .
^ "Ratko Varda Profile" . fibaeurope.com . Retrieved 6 October 2017 .
^ NBA Draft 2001
^ Drew Sharp (25 July 2001). "Barrier no bother for Dumars" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved 20 March 2022 .
^ Ratko Varda u ljubljanskoj Olimpiji (in Serbian), b92, January 24, 2003.
^ Ratko Varda se pierde lo que resta de temporada Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish), acb, January 10, 2007.
^ "El ViveMenorca ficha a Ratko Varda hasta final de temporada" . Diario AS . Retrieved 22 March 2022 .
^ Ratko Varda refuerza el ViveMenorca hasta final de temporada (in Spanish), acb, October 29, 2007.
^ "Zalgiris brings in Ratko Varda" . talkbasket.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
^ "Zalgiris, center Ratko Varda part ways" . euroleague.net. Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
^ Ratko Varda's open letter to Zalgiris thehoop, November 24, 2008.
^ Khimki adds center Ratko Varda eurocup, January 26, 2009.
^ Prokom signs Ratko Varda for one month euroleague, December 31, 2009.
^ ASSECO PROKOM keeps Ratko Varda euroleague, September 10, 2010.
^ "Union Olimpija reunites with Varda" . euroleague.net. Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
^ Ratko Varda leaves Union Olimpija and signs with Azovmash Mariupol
^ Ratko Varda and Azovmash Mariupol part ways
^ "Ratko Varda mesec dana u Iranu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
^ "Ratko Varda signs with Mahram" . court-side.com. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
^ "Radnički signed Ratko Varda" . abaliga.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
^ "Radnicki lost Ratko Varda for three months" . sportando.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
^ "Mega Vizura signs Ratko Varda" . Sportando.net. Retrieved 31 July 2013 .
^ "Varda pojačao Mega Vizuru" (in Serbian). B92.net. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013 .
^ "Ratko Varda predvodi reprezentaciju Republike Srpske" (in Serbian). 25 December 2012.
^ "Srpska bi se plasirala na Evro u Sloveniji" (in Serbian).
^ "United Byblos Amchit signs Ratko Varda" . eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015 .
^ "Ratko Varda (ex UBA) is a newcomer at Kozuv" . eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015 .
^ "Кожув ја раскина соработката со Ратко Варда" (in Macedonian). ekipa.mk. Retrieved 5 November 2015 .
^ "Ratko Varda signs with KK Sutjeska" . sportando.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015 .
^ "Ratko Varda signs with Sagesse" . Sportando.com . February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016 .
^ "Ratko Varda inks with Sagesse Club" . Sportando.com . 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016 .
^ "PENZIJA Posle 20 klubova, Varda se od košarke oprostio replikom iz kultnog filma!" . sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017 .
^ "Ratko Varda nastavlja karijeru u 38. godini!" . Alo! . Retrieved 22 March 2022 .
^ "Iskusni srpski košarkaš Ratko Varda ove sezone će igrati za beogradski Dinamik" (in Serbian). sportklub.rs. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017 .
^ "Dynamic VIP PAY parted ways with four players" . druga.aba-liga.com . 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017 .
^ a b Ratko VARDA (BIH) participated in 7 FIBA / FIBA Zones events
^ Pesic announces candidates for EURO 2001
^ Pešićevi aduti za Tursku
^ ZELJKO OBRADOVIC CUT VARDA AND MILOJEVIC
^ Milojević i Varda "otpali"
^ Varda i Milojević prvi „precrtani“
^ Varda se priključio
^ Ratko Varda na pripremama BiH
^ "Hadžić priča besmislice" , sportsport.ba
^ "Ratko Varda: Ne delim ljude na Srbe i Hrvate" (in Serbian). 16 June 2023.
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