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Born |
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
December 19, 1966 ||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian / Greek | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1988 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 1986–2000 | ||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||
1988–1996 | PAOK | ||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Kinder Bologna | ||||||||||||
1997–1999 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||
1999–2000 | PAOK | ||||||||||||
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Branislav "Bane" Prelević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Прелевић; born December 19, 1966) is a retired Serbian and Greek professional basketball player. He is known by the name of Branislav Prelevits (Greek: Μπράνισλαβ Πρέλεβιτς) in Greece. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Bane (Serbian Cyrillic: Бане, Greek: Μπάνε).
Prelević was born to ethnic Serb parents in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Prelević holds both Serbian and Greek citizenship.
He is married to Nevena Prelević-Marjanović (born 26 April 1967, daughter of legendary Yugoslavian and Serbian pop singer Đorđe Marjanović), and he has two children, named Anna and Tea. Anna was elected Miss Greece in 2010, and she represented Greece at 2010 Miss Universe.
Prelević started his career with Crvena zvezda. In 1983, he was part of the Yugoslavian Under-17 national team that won the gold medal in the 1983 Under-17 European Championship in Germany. That team included, alongside Prelević, players such as Zarko Paspalj, Jure Zdovc, Luka Pavićević, Ivo Nakić, and Miroslav Pecarski.
In 1988, at age 21, Prelević moved to Greece in order to be able to play for PAOK, where he spent eight seasons.