Tristan Vukčević

Tristan Tsalikis Vukčević (Тристан Цаликис Вукчевић, ; born 11 March 2003) is a Serbian-Swedish professional basketball player who last played for the Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League.

Vukčević is the son of Jade and Dušan Vukčević.

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.

His mother Jade (née Cicak) is a Greek-based Swedish businesswoman and former swimwear model.

Vukčević holds Serbian and Greek passport through his father, and a Swedish passport through his mother.

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, 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.

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.

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.

On 27 January 2022, Vukčević signed a multi-year contract with Partizan of the ABA League.

In 2022–23 season, he won the ABA League championship title with Partizan.

Over 22 ABA League games, he averaged 8.1 points and 3.2 rebounds on 58% shooting from the field.

In EuroLeague, he had a more limited role within the team.

During the 2023–24 season, he averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds over 12 EuroLeague games.

In ABA League, he appeared in 14 games, averaging 10.9 points and 3.6 rebounds on 54.4% shooting from the field.

On 13 March 2024, he parted ways with Partizan Belgrade to pursue his NBA career.

Vukčević had a strong showing at the 2023 NBA Draft Combine, scoring 21 points in 17 minutes in the lone game he played.

He was subsequently selected with the 42nd overall pick by the Washington Wizards in the 2023 NBA draft.

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.

According to his father, Vukčević decided to represent Serbia internationally.