Nemanja Aleksandrov

Nemanja Aleksandrov (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Александров, born 10 April 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is a 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) tall power forward, but can play as a small forward

Nemanja Aleksandrov
Aleksandrov, first from the right, playing with Olimpija in December 2009.
Free agent
PositionPower forward / small forward
Personal information
Born (1987-04-10) 10 April 1987
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2002–present
Career history
2002–2006FMP
2006–2009Crvena zvezda
2009–2010Olimpija Ljubljana
2010–2011VL Pesaro
2012–2013Verviers-Pepinster
2013Manresa
2013–2016Oldenburg
2016Gaziantep
2016–2017Eisbären Bremerhaven
2017–2018Craiova
2018–2020Jászberényi
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
European Championship for Cadets
Gold medal – first place2003 SpainTeam

Professional career

After winning gold and MVP honors at the 2003 U16 European Championships and receiving "young athlete of the year" distinction in Serbia and Montenegro the same year, Aleksandrov was regarded as a future NBA player. He would have a solid pro career, but would not live up to the huge expectations that were placed upon him due to big injury problems with his knees.[1]

He started his professional basketball career with FMP Železnik and stayed there until the summer of 2006. He then transferred to Crvena zvezda where he stayed for three seasons, before leaving in the summer of 2009. He signed with Union Olimpija the summer of 2009.

After just a year in Slovenia he left Union because of unpaid salary,[2] so he signed a one-year contract with option to extend with the Italian team Scavolini Pesaro.[3] He spent the whole 2011–12 season working individually with Nenad Trajković.

On 12 August 2012 Aleksandrov signed with the Belgian team Verviers-Pepinster.[4][5] In March 2013, he left Pepinster and signed with the Spanish club Bàsquet Manresa for the rest of the season.[6]

In July 2013, German team EWE Baskets Oldenburg announced that they had signed Aleksandrov for two years.[7] On 8 July 2015 he signed a one-year extension with the club.[8]

On 13 October 2016 Aleksandrov signed with the Turkish team Gaziantep Basketbol.[9] On 20 December 2016 he returned to Germany, signing with Basketball-Bundesliga outfit Eisbären Bremerhaven for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[10]

National team career

Aleksandrov played with the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2007.

See also

References
  1. "DraftExpress: Nemanja Aleksandrov: The sure-fire #1 pick?". www.draftexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  2. "Nemanja Aleksandrov lascia l Union Olimpija". Sportando (in Italian).
  3. "Pesaro signs Aleksandrov, Collins and Cusin". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. "Nemanja Aleksandrov u Pepinsteru". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. "VOO Verviers-Pepinster signs Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  6. "Manresa announced Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  7. "Aleksandrov komplettiert Kader". ewe-baskets.de (in German). 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  8. "Aleksandrov još godinu dana u Oldenburgu". b92.net (in Serbian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. "Gaziantep reached an agreement with Nemanja Aleksandrov to replace the injured Haislip". sportando.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. Bremerhaven, Eisbären. "Eisbären verpflichten Ex-Oldenburger Nemanja Aleksandrov". Eisbären Bremerhaven. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
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