He represented the Yugoslav national basketball team from 1951 to 1960 and played 81 games, also he was the captain of the team for six years. In particular with national team, he participated in the 1954 FIBA World Championship (11th) in Brazil, in two European Championships (1957 6th &amp; 1959 9th) and in the 1960 Summer Olympics basketball tournament in Rome, Italy, where the nascent "Plavi" ranked sixth in total 16 teams.