Vladimir Micov

Vladimir Micov (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Мицов, born April 16, 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Standing at a height of 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), he mainly plays as a small forward.

Vladimir Micov

Micov with Olimpia Milano in 2017
No. 5 – Olimpia Milano
Position	Small forward
League	LBA EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	April 16, 1985 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2007 / Undrafted
Playing career	2003–present
Career history
2003–2004	OKK Beograd
2004–2005	Lavovi 063
2005–2007	Budućnost
2007	Partizan
2007–2009	Budućnost
2009	Panionios
2009–2010	Caja Laboral
2010–2012	Cantù
2012–2014	CSKA Moscow
2014–2017	Galatasaray
2017–present	Olimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards
Italian Super Cup winner (2020) EuroCup champion (2016) All-EuroCup First Team (2016) Italian League champion (2018) 2× Italian Supercup winner (2017, 2018) Italian Supercup MVP (2018) Turkish League All-Star (2016) 2× VTB League champion (2013, 2014) Russian League champion (2013) Serbian League champion (2007) Montenegrin League champion (2008) 3× Montenegrin Cup winner (2007–2009)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Serbia and Montenegro U20 European Championship 2005 Russia Under-20 European Championship for Cadets 2001 Latvia Under-16

Professional career

2003–2009

Micov played for youth teams of Beopetrol and Crvena zvezda before turning pro in 2003.

Micov began his pro career in the 2003–04 season with OKK Beograd. He then moved to Lavovi 063 in the 2004–05 season. He joined Budućnost Podgorica for the 2005–06 season. He moved to Partizan Belgrade in 2007. He won the Serbian League championship with Partizan Belgrade in 2007.

He then returned to Budućnost Podgorica for the 2007–08 season.

2009–2012

In 2009, he joined the Greek Basket League club Panionios Nea Smyrni.[1][2]

He then moved to the Spanish ACB League club Caja Laboral Baskonia.[3] In January 2010. he joined the Italian League team Pallacanestro Cantù.[4]

CSKA Moscow (2012–2014)

In July 2012, he signed a one-year deal, with an option for a second year, with the Russian team PBC CSKA Moscow.[5] In June 2013, CSKA decided not to use the out option on his contract, and thus kept him in the club for one more season.[6] In July 2014, his contract with CSKA expired, and he became a free agent.[7]

Galatasaray (2014–2017)

On July 14, 2014, he signed with the Turkish team Galatasaray Liv Hospital.[8] On June 15, 2015, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club.[9] In the 2015–16 Eurocup season, he was named to the All-EuroCup First Team.[10] Galatasaray then won the EuroCup championship, later that same season.

Olimpia Milano (2017–present)

On July 10, 2017, Micov signed with Italian club Olimpia Milano.[11] In 2017–18 LBA season, Olimpia Milano won the championship after 4–2 record in the 2018 LBA Finals over Trento. Over 26 league games, Micov averaged 11.7 points and 3.2 rebounds, while shooting 45.8% from the field. In 2017–18 EuroLeague season, he averaged 10.9 points and 2.6 rebounds over 29 games.

On September 30, 2018, Micov was named MVP of the 2018 Italian Supercup.[12] In 2018–19 season, Olimpia Milano secured the first position in the regular season of Italian League, but was stopped with 3–0 in the semifinal series by Dinamo Sassari. Micov averaged 9.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2 assists over 32 games of the Italian League. In 2018–19 EuroLeague, he averaged 13.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 30 games.

On July 2, 2019, Micov signed a two-year contract extension with Olimpia Milano.[13]

National team career

Micov won the gold medal at the 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship as a member of the FR Yugoslavia youth national team. He won the bronze medal at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro junior national team.

His breakthrough in the senior Serbian national team was set back by injuries, but he was eventually a part of the preliminary Serbia national squad during training camp for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The then 29-year-old was widely expected to make the team's final roster cut, however, during the last preparation friendly game, against New Zealand, Micov got into a mid-game argument with Serbian head coach Aleksandar Đorđević, that led to Đorđević taking Micov out of the game, and later expelling him from the bench.[14] At the post-game press conference, the Serbian coach announced that, "Micov's short career in the national squad has ended", with Micov later saying to the media that he read the coach's words, and that he accepted his decision, while also stating that Đorđević was, "maybe too nervous".[15][16]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

European Competitions

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2007–08 EuroCup	Budućnost	12	11	31.2	53.1%	29.2%	75.6%	4.8	2.0	1.2	0.1	11.8	12.6
2008–09 EuroCup	Budućnost	6	6	30.3	44.2%	46.2%	70.8%	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	10.2	10.0
2009–10 Euroleague	Caja Laboral	7	2	15.8	64.7%	50.0%	45.5%	2.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	4.1	6.9
2010–11 EuroCup	Bennet Cantù	6	6	28.3	50.0%	50.0%	55.6%	4.3	3.0	1.5	0.3	10.3	15.2
2011–12 Euroleague	Bennet Cantù	14	14	28.8	40.8%	39.4%	85.7%	4.1	3.2	1.1	0.4	10.4	12.1
2012–13 Euroleague	CSKA Moscow	30	7	21.9	43.7%	42.0%	60.7%	2.7	1.7	.6	0.2	7.6	7.0
2013–14 Euroleague	CSKA Moscow	31	10	20.7	46.4%	48.8%	77.8%	2.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	7.7	8.3
2014–15 Euroleague	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	20	20	28.3	39.5%	31.1%	84.3%	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.1	9.9	9.7
2015–16 EuroCup	Galatasaray Odeabank	24	23	32.2	44.6%	35.4%	87.5%	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.3	12.9	13.2
2016–17 EuroLeague	Galatasaray Odeabank	29	26	29.1	42.0%	43.2%	76.9%	3.6	2.4	0.8	0.1	11.2	11.4
2017–18 EuroLeague	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	29	28	27.5	48.1%	44.3%	78.0%	2.6	2.2	0.6	0.1	10.9	11.2
2018–19 EuroLeague	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	30	30	31.4	45.6%	39.4%	79.0%	3.2	2.5	1.1	0.1	13.9	13.7

Domestic Leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	OKK Beograd	Serbia and Montenegro League	8	6.8	33.3%	40.0%	60.0%	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	1.5
2004–05	Lavovi 063 Belgrado	Serbia and Montenegro League	1	8.0	100%	-	50.0%	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0
2005–06	Budućnost	Serbia and Montenegro League	25	29.6	53.0%	30.1%	54.8%	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.1	8.9
2006-07	Budućnost	ABA League	26	32.1	50.7%	35.0%	67.5%	5.0	1.8	2.2	0.1	10.5
2007-08	Budućnost	ABA League	29	31.7	49.4%	25.8%	68.8%	4.2	3.0	1.3	0.2	12.4
2008–09	Budućnost	ABA League	26	31.4	49.5%	28.3%	75.0%	4.2	2.7	2.1	0.2	13.1
	Panionios	Greek Basket League	6	29.4	54.0%	70.0%	58.3%	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.0	9.0
2009–10	Caja Laboral	Liga ACB	13	12.9	40.6%	18.2%	75.0%	1.3	0.5	0.6	0.0	2.6
	NGC Medical Cantù	Serie A	23	28.7	45.5%	41.8%	72.9%	3.8	2.7	2.0	0.1	11.5
2010–11	Bennet Cantù	Serie A	42	28.4	48.9%	36.3%	69.4%	4.3	2.2	1.4	0.1	10.2
2011–12	Bennet Cantù	Serie A	25	24.7	43.6%	41.2%	82.3%	3.7	2.4	0.7	0.1	10.2
2012–13	CSKA Moscow	VTB League	31	22.0	43.6%	38.1%	67.1%	3.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	8.6
2013–14	CSKA Moscow	VTB League	16	23.9	47.3%	43.1%	78.6%	2.8	1.8	0.7	0.1	10.1
2014–15	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	Basketbol Süper Ligi	28	30.9	47.2%	41.9%	85.7%	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.2	11.3
2015–16	Galatasaray Odeabank	Basketbol Süper Ligi	36	30.6	55.4%	55.9%	86.5%	2.0	3.1	2.2	0.2	14.3
2016–17	Galatasaray Odeabank	Basketbol Süper Ligi	30	27.4	46.6%	40.1%	79.6%	2.0	2.7	1.1	0.1	11.6
2017–18	AX Armani Exchange Milano	Serie A	39	27.2	45.3%	36.0%	82.7%	3.5	2.5	0.9	0.0	11.6
2018–19	AX Armani Exchange Milano	Serie A	32	27.1	44.0%	37.4%	82.1%	2.7	2.0	0.8	0.1	9.7

References

1. Panionios signs Vladimir Micov. (Greek) Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
2. Panionios announced Vladimir Micov.
3. Euroleague.net CAJA LABORAL adds Vladimir Micov.
4. Pallacanestro Cantù signs Vladimir Micov (Italian)
5. CSKA Moscow announced Vlado Micov
6. "Jackson, Micov and Zozulin stay in CSKA". cskabasket.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
7. "Thank you, Vlado!". cskabasket.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
8. Galatasaray signs Vlado Micov
9. "Micov ostaje u Galatasaraju". b92.net (in Serbian). 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
10. 2015-16 All-Eurocup First, Second teams announced
11. "OLIMPIA BRINGS VLADIMIR MICOV BACK IN ITALY". Olimpiamilano.com/. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
12. "Vlado Micov è l'MVP della Supercoppa 2018" [Vlado Micov is 2018 Supercup MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
13. "Vladimir Micov stays at Milan for two more seasons". eurohoops.net. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
14. ""Stotka" u košu i sukob pred SP!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 August 2014.
15. "Đorđević: Micov je završio kratku karijeru u reprezentaciji". sportnetwork.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
16. "Micov: Možda je bio prenervozan". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 August 2014.

External links

• Vladimir Micov at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Vladimir Micov at archive.fiba.com
• Vladimir Micov at euroleague.net
• Vladimir Micov at legabasket.it (in Italian)
• Vladimir Micov at tblstat.net