Career
He was named one of International Basketball Federation"s 50 Greatest Players in 1991. On August 20, 2010, Kićanović was inducted into the International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame in recognition of his play in international competition. He was named as The best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1982 and the best athlete of the Yugoslavia in the 20th century.
Since September 2013, he"s been performing the role of consul general at the Serbian consulate in Trieste.
Kićanović played with the Yugoslavian national basketball team from 1973 to 1983, and he competed at all the major international competitions with them: the International Basketball Federation EuroBasket, the International Basketball Federation World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. He was the top scorer in total points scored of the 1982 World Championship, scoring 190 points.
He is one of the leading scorers of all-time in the history of the International Basketball Federation World Cup, having scored a total of 491 points. KK Partizan
Shortly after retiring from playing basketball, Kićanović was named vice-president at Partizan Belgrade, under the club presidency of Tomislav Jeremić.
With the division of tasks, Jeremić was mostly involved on the business end while Kićanović ran the squad, making decisions on everything from player personnel to coaching acquisitions.
He immediately brought in Zoran Slavnić, former teammate from the Yugoslav national team where the two were part of the famous one-two backcourt guard duo, as the new head coach.