Italian basketball player

Gregor Fučka (Slovene pronunciation::; born 7 August 1971) is a Slovenian-Italian retired professional basketball player and coach. A 215:cm (7' 3⁄4") forward-center, he was a both a Mister Europa and Euroscar laureate in 2000.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
• 2 National team career
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Professional career

Fučka played with Smelt Olimpija, in Yugoslavia, from 1988–90, then he moved to Italy, playing with Stefanel Trieste (1990–1994), Stefanel Milano (1994–1997), and Teamsystem Bologna a.k.a. Paf Wennington Bologna a.k.a. Skipper Bologna (1997–2002). Then he played in Spain, with FC Barcelona (2002–2006), and with Akasvayu Girona (2006–07). He then came back to Italy, in the 2007–08 season, playing with Lottomatica Roma.

National team career

Fučka played with Italy's junior national team at the 1991 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he won the silver medal. He also played at the FIBA Under-21 World Cup with Italy's junior national team, in 1993.

With the senior men's Italian national basketball team, Fučka played at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, and he won the gold medal at the FIBA EuroBasket 1999, where he was named the tournament's MVP. Fučka also won a silver medal at the FIBA EuroBasket 1997. He also played at the 1998 FIBA World Championship (selected to the All-Tournament Team), and at the FIBA EuroBasket 1995 and the FIBA EuroBasket 2001.

References

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• FIBA Europe Profile
• Italian League Profile (in Italian)
• Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)
• Gregor Fučka at Basket-stats.info
• Gregor *, not your typical star