Gregor Fučka (ˈfutʃka; born August 7, 1971 in Kranj

Kranj

' is the third largest municipality and fourth largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 54,500 . It is located approximately 20 km north-west of Ljubljana...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

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, SFR Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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) is a retired Italian

Italy

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player of Slovenia

Slovenia

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n origin. A 215 cm (7'0.75") forward-center

Forward-Center

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, he was a European Player of the Year

European Basketball Player of the Year Awards

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 Mister Europa and Euroscar laureate in 2000.

Pro career

He played with Olimpija Ljubljana

KK Union Olimpija

-Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir...

 in Slovenia from 1988-90, then he moved to Italy, playing for Stefanel Trieste

Pallacanestro Trieste

Pallacanestro Trieste 2004, also known for sponsorship reasons as Acegas A.P.S. Trieste is an Italian professional basketball team from the town of Trieste....

 (1990-1994), Stefanel Milano

Olimpia Milano

Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...

 (1994-1997) and Teamsystem Bologna a.k.a. Paf Bologna a.k.a. Skipper Bologna

Fortitudo Bologna

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 (1997-2002). Then he played in Spain with FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona Bàsquet

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 (2002-2006) and with Akasvayu Girona (2006-07). He then came back to Italy in the 2007-08 season, playing with Lottomatica Virtus Roma.

Titles and awards

With Olimpia Milano

Italian Serie A: 1996

Italian Cup: 1996
With Fortitudo Bologna

Italian Serie A: 2000

Italian Cup: 1998

Italian Supercup: 1998
With FC Barcelona

Spanish ACB League: 2003, 2004

Spanish King Cup: 2003

Euroleague: 2003

Spanish Supercup: 2004
With Girona

FIBA Eurocup: 2007
With Italian National Team

Eurobasket Gold Medal: 1999

Eurobasket Silver Medal: 1997

Italian national team

Fučka played with Italy's junior national team at the 1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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, where he won the silver medal. He also played at the FIBA Under-21 World Championship

FIBA Under-21 World Championship

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 with Italy's junior national team in 1993.

With the senior Italian national basketball team

Italy national basketball team

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, Fučka played at the 2000 Olympic Basketball Tournament

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification matches:-Preliminary round:The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.-Group A:-Group B:-Championship bracket:...

 and he won the gold medal at the 1999 European Championship

EuroBasket 1999

-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Second round:- Group E :- Group F :-Championship bracket:-5th place bracket:- Quarterfinals :-Classification rounds:- Semifinals :- Third place game:- Final :...

, where he was named the tournament's MVP. Fučka also won a silver medal at the 1997 European Championship

EuroBasket 1997

-Venues:The tournament was played at three venues in Spain. Girona and Badalona hosted the first and the second round, while the entire knockout stage was played at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona.-First round:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:...

. He also played at the 1998 FIBA World Championship

1998 FIBA World Championship

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, and at the 1995 European Championship

EuroBasket 1995

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 and the 2001 European Championship

EuroBasket 2001

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