Dušan Tanasković

Dušan Tanasković (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Танасковић, born February 23, 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom.

Dušan Tanasković
MZT Skopje
PositionCenter / power forward
Personal information
Born (2001-02-23) February 23, 2001
Smederevska Palanka, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight103 kg (227 lb)
Career information
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2022Partizan NIS
2018–2021→ Mladost Zemun
2021–2022→ Dunav
2022–2023Igokea
2023–presentMZT Skopje
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Bronze medal – third place2017 MontenegroU16 team

Professional career

Tanasković began his basketball career at the youth system with Partizan Belgrade. Prior to the 2018–19 season, Tanasković was loaned out to Mladost Zemun as a two-way affiliate player, making him available for the senior roster of Partizan. On December 22, 2018, Tanasković made his Adriatic League debut with Partizan in a home win over Cedevita, making no records in under 3 minutes of playing time.[1] On February 5, 2019, at age 17, he debuted in the EuroCup in a loss to Alba Berlin, recording 6 points and 2 rebounds in under 11 minutes of playing time.[2][3] On February 28, Tanasković signed his first professional contract for Partizan.[4] Through 20 games in the 2018–19 Serbian First League with Mladost Zemun, Tanasković averaged 8.2 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in 22 minutes per game.

In June 2022, Tanasković signed a 3-year contract with Igokea of the ABA League, joining his brother's team.[5]

National team career

Tanasković was a member of the Serbian under-16 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Montenegro. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.[6] He was a member of the Serbian under-17 team that participated at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Argentina. Over three tournament games, he averaged 9.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.[7]

Personal life

His older brother Nikola is a basketball player.

References
  1. "ROUND 12, ABA liga, Season 2018/19, Partizan NIS Beograd 71–76 Cedevita Zagreb". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Top 16 Round 6 ALBA Berlin 97 Partizan NIS Belgrade 74". euroleague.net. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "CRNO-BELA BUDUĆNOST Dušan Tanasković ima samo 17 godina, ali će nastup Partizana u Berlinu pamtiti večno". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. "Partizan "zaključao" perspektivnog centra". mondo.rs. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  5. "Igokea m:tel extend contracts with Nikola Tanasković, Stefan Đorđević & James Robinson and confirm the transfer of Dušan Tanasković". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. "2017 Serbia 14 - Dusan Tanaskovic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. "Dusan TANASKOVIC, Serbia 2017". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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