Mihajlo Manović

Mihajlo Manović (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Мановић; born 4 April 1948) is a Serbian–Croatian former professional basketball coach and player.

Mihajlo Manović
Personal information
Born (1948-04-04) 4 April 1948
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian / Croatian
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
NBA draft1970: undrafted
Playing career1966–N/A
PositionPoint guard
Career history
1966–1967Radnički Beograd
1967–1977Split / Jugoplastika
0Dalvin
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Championship for Juniors
Silver medal – second place 1966 Italy Team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Spain Team

Playing career

Manović played the majority of his career with Jugoplastika, most notably winning the 1970–71 and 1976–77 national league titles. Intercontinentally, Manović finished second in the 1971–72 FIBA European Champions Cup and 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup and won back-to-back FIBA Korać Cup titles in 1975–76 and 1976–77.[1][2]

National team career

In August 1966, Manović was a member of the Yugoslavia junior team that won a silver medal at the European Championship for Junior Men in Porto San Giorgio, Italy. Over four tournament games, he averaged 1.3 points per game.[3] To years later, in August 1968, he was a member of the junior national team that a silver medal at the same championship in Vigo, Spain. Over six tournament games, he averaged 5.6 points per game.[4]

Personal life

In May 2007, his son Jovan (also a professional basketball player) was murdered in Belgrade, Serbia.[5]

References
  1. "Mihajlo Manović - od košarkaške zvezde velike Jugoslavije do sakupljanja sekundarnih sirovina". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. "Legenda Jugoplastike preživjela je smrt sina, karcinom i sepsu, zvali su ga i četnikom i ustašom, a danas bez krova nad glavom skuplja boce da bi se prehranio". slobodnadalmacija.hr. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. "1966 U18 Yugoslavia #4 - Mihajlo Manovic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. "1968 U18 Yugoslavia #10 - Mihajlo Manovic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. B92 (2007-05-10). "Juče ubijen košarkaš iz Splita" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-03-27.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.