Raško Katić

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Raško Katić (, born 8 December 1980) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Sloga Batočina of the Second Regional Basketball League of Serbia. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.08m, he played the center position.

Professional career

Katić began his professional basketball career with KK Zastava in Kragujevac, where he played until mid-season 2003–04. In January 2004, he was hired by the Crvena zvezda, where he spent one year. In January 2005, he signed with Turkish club İTÜ where he was released after appearing in only six games. He then returned to Serbia and played two games with KK Ergonom. Gaming capacity has been fully demonstrated in the uniform of the German team Walter Tigers Tübingen, where he became a favorite of the local audience. With them, he played four seasons (2005–2009). In 2010, Katić came to Hemofarm where he played one season. In 2010, he signed with Partizan Belgrade. With them he spent two seasons, and played for the first time in his career in EuroLeague. In August 2012, Katić returned to Crvena zvezda signing a two-year contract. On 29 September 2014, Katić signed a one-year deal with the Spanish club CAI Zaragoza. On 16 July 2015, Katić signed a one-plus-one year contract with the Belgian club Telenet Oostende. On 10 June 2016, he re-signed with Oostende for one more season. On 6 June 2017, Katić signed for Spirou Charleroi for the 2017–18 season. In July 2019, Katić announced his retirement from playing career. Despite his announcement, on 1 August he signed for Kragujevački Radnički of the Second Men's League of Serbia. On 10 October 2020, a 40-year old Katić scored 41 points in a 91–80 win over Napredak JKP.

National team career

Katić represented the Serbia men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013. Katić was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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