Milivoje Matić

Milivoje Matić (; born 7 June 1938) is a retired Serbian basketball player and sports physician.

Playing career Matić and his twin brother summered in Opatija in 1951, where they met Milorad Sokolović and Borko Jovanović, then players of Crvena zvezda. At their invitation, after the summer vacation, in October, the Matić brothers go to the Zvezda to train basketball. With incredible persistence, he became the best player in the youth system under coach Strahinja Alagić in less than a year.

Matić progressed year after year, and he got the attention of coach Nebojša Popović, who promoted him to the first squad of Crvena Zvezda in 1956 when he turned 18. On 22 April 1956, he made his Yugoslav League debut for the team in an 83–75 win over Ljubljana, recording 15 points. As a guard, he played for the first squad of Crvena Zvezda for the next ten years and was the team captain. In total, over 165 games, he recorded 954 points. On 29 October 1966, he played his final game with a 78–68 win over Željezničar Karlovac.