Tristan Tsalikis Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Тристан Чаликис Вукчевић, Greek: Τριστάν Τσαλίκης-Βούκτσεβιτς, romanized: Tristan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits; born 11 March 2003), usually credited as Tristan Vukčević,[1] is a Serbian-Swedish professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.
| No. 1 – Partizan NIS Belgrade | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | Basketball League of Serbia ABA League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (2003-03-11) 11 March 2003 (age 19) Siena, Italy |
| Nationality | Serbian / Swedish / Greek |
| Listed height | 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) |
| Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2020–present |
| Career history | |
| 2019–2022 | Real Madrid |
| 2019–2022 | → Real Madrid B |
| 2022–present | Partizan Belgrade |
Vukčević is the son of Jade and Dušan Vukčević.[lower-alpha 1] He was born in Siena, Italy as his father was playing for Montepaschi Siena. His father is a retired Bosnian-born Serbian professional basketball player who played for Crvena zvezda, Olympiacos, Real Madrid, Montepaschi, Olimpia Milano, Virtus Bologna, and others during his playing career as well as represented Serbia and Montenegro national team internationally.[2] His mother Jade (née Cicak) is a Greek-based Swedish businesswoman and former swimwear model.[3] Vukčević holds Serbian and Greek passport through his father, and a Swedish passport through his mother.[4]
Vukčević grew up in Italy, where his father played professionally. Following Dušan's retirement, the family moved back to Athens, Greece. He started to play basketball for youth system of his father's former club Olympiacos. In 2018, Vukčević joined the U16 team of Spanish club Real Madrid,[1] another father's former club. Vukčević won the Munich Tournament for the 2019–20 Euroleague NGT season with U18 Real Madrid. Over four tournament games, he averaged 16 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[5] Afterward, the Final Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 2 September 2020, Vukčević made his pre-season debut for Real Madrid in a 68–66 win over Coosur Real Betis recording 8 points.[6][7] On 11 October, he made his professional debut in a 90–65 win over Herbalife Gran Canaria recording 2 points and 2 rebounds in 4 minutes.[8]
On 27 January 2022, Vukčević signed a multi-year contract with Partizan Belgrade of the ABA League.[9][10]
Due to his father's background, Vukčević is eligible to represent Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia internationally, while due to his mother's background he is eligible to represent Sweden. Also, he is eligible to represent Italy or Spain.[11][12] According to his father, Vukčević decided to represent Serbia internationally.[13]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2020–21 | Real Madrid | 3 | 1 | 9:09 | .750 | .000 | 1.00 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | -1 |
| 2021–22 | Real Madrid | 9 | 1 | 6:34 | .500 | .333 | .500 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Career | 12 | 2 | .583 | .231 | .600 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | |||
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