Miodrag Nikolić

As a youth, Miodrag Nikolić started playing football and then volleyball, at which his jumping ability attracted the notice of the Yugoslav basketball coaches. He joined the national basketball team in 1957, while with OKK Beograd, where he played for 10 seasons. With OKK Nikolić won four Yugoslav Championships, two Yugoslav Cups, and reached the semi-finals of the Champions Cup three times.

Internationally, Nikolić played at the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. He also competed in four European Championships, winning silver in 1961 and bronze in 1963. Nikolić won a silver medal at the 1963 World Championships, his greatest international prize. He also won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games, and four gold medals and a silver at the Balkan Games from 1960-64. Nikolić was capped 128 times for Yugoslavia.

In 1967 Nikolić moved to Turkey where he played for AltnNord in 1967/68, winning the Turkish Championship and Turkish Cup, and he then played for ITU through the 1969/70 season. He went into coaching after his career ended, starting in Ludwishafen, Germany, but he then returned to Yugoslavia, leading Crvena Zvezda, Servo Mihalj Zrenjanin, and Naftagas Zrenjanin. Nikolić later coached the national teams of Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait.