Željko Topalović

Serbian basketball player

Željko Topalović

Personal information

Born

(1972-03-03) March 3, 1972 (age 52)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

Nationality

Serbian

Listed height

2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)

Career information

NBA draft

1994: undrafted

Playing career

1989–2001

Position

Center

Number

10, 15

Career history

1989–1991

Prvi Partizan

1991–1994

Profikolor

1994–1997

BFC Beočin

1997–1998

Crvena zvezda

1998–1999

Budućnost

1999–2000

Crvena zvezda

2000–2001

Borac Banja Luka

Career highlights and awards

2× YUBA League champion (1998, 1999)

Medals

Men's basketball

Representing Yugoslavia
European Championship for Cadets
	1989 Spain	U16 Team

Željko Topalović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Топаловић; born March 3, 1972) is a Serbian hotelier and former professional basketball player.

Playing career

Topalović played for the BFC Beočin in the years when this club was at the top of Yugoslav League and reached the Playoffs Finals in the 1995–96 season. Later he continued his career in the Crvena zvezda and was a member of the great generation that brought the YUBA League title in the 1997–98 season. He also played for the Budućnost and won his second YUBA League title in the 1998–99 season. After that, he returned to the Crvena zvezda. He ended his professional career with the Borac Banja Luka.

National team career

Topalović was a member of the SFR Yugoslavia national cadet team that won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championship for Cadets in Spain. Over five tournament games, he averaged 3.2 points per game.^[1] Also, he represented the SFR Yugoslavia national junior team at the 1991 World Championship for Junior Men in Edmonton, Canada. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 7.4 points per game.^[2] Yugoslavia took 4th place.