Background
Stipčević grew up in Zadar, Croatia, where he started to play basketball for KK Zadar, joining the senior team in 2003.
Stipčević grew up in Zadar, Croatia, where he started to play basketball for KK Zadar, joining the senior team in 2003.
In season 2005/06 he was loaned to KK Borik Puntamika. He played for Pallacanestro Varese in 2010-2011 season. On July 11, 2012, he signed one season with an option for a second one with Emporio Armani Milano.
He left them in January 2013, and signed with Scavolini Pesaro till the end of the season.
In September 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Tofaş South.K. In September 2014 he signed with the Italian side Virtus Roma. On July 14, 2015, Stipčević signed a one-year contract with the Italian club Dinamo Sassari.
With them, he participated in the 2010 World Championship and the 2011 European Championship. He also represented Croatia at the 2015 EuroBasket, where they were eliminated in the eighth finals by Czechoslovakian Republic.
He was a member of the Croatian Junior National Teams U16, U18, U20, and is a current member of the senior"s National Team of Croatia.