Nemanja Gordić

Nemanja Gordić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Гордић; born September 25, 1988) is a Bosnian[1] professional basketball player for Igokea of the Adriatic League and the Bosnian League. He also represents the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally. Gordić also holds Serbian citizenship.

Nemanja Gordić
No. 10 – Igokea
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBosnian League
Adriatic League
Personal information
Born (1988-09-25) September 25, 1988
Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian / Serbian
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2010Budućnost
2010–2012Lottomatica Roma
2012Azovmash
2012–2013Partizan
2013–2014Igokea
2014–2016Cedevita
2016–2019Budućnost
2019–2020Partizan
2020–2022Mornar Bar
2022–2023U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2023–presentIgokea
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Gordić made his professional debut with Budućnost Podgorica in the 2005–06 season. In December 2010, Gordić moved to Lottomatica Roma in Italy,[2] where he would spend the next two seasons.

In November 2012, after only three months at Azovmash of Ukraine, Gordić signed with Partizan until the end of the 2013–14 season.[3] In June 2013, he parted ways with Partizan.[4] In October 2013, he signed a one-year deal with KK Igokea.[5]

In June 2014, he signed a three-year deal with Cedevita Zagreb.[6] After two seasons he left Cedevita and returned to his former club Budućnost.[7]

In the 2017–18 season, Gordić won the ABA League title with Budućnost. After winning the series versus Crvena zvezda 1–3, Gordić was named ABA League Finals MVP.

On 5 July 2019, he returned to his former club Partizan.[8] Gordić averaged 8.8 points and 4.6 assists per game. He re-signed with the team on 16 July 2020.[9] Gordić left the team mid-season to join Mornar Bar, averaging 6.9 points and 4.5 assists per game. He re-signed with Mornar Bar on 14 August 2021.[10]

On November 13, 2022, he signed with Cluj of the Romanian Liga Națională.[11]

National team career

Gordić played for the senior national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the EuroBasket 2011, the EuroBasket 2013, and the EuroBasket 2015.

Personal life

He was born in 1988, in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia in a Serb family. When he was four, he and his family took refuge to Gacko, his mother's birth town.

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Lottomatica 6122.6.413.467.667.32.5.2.09.74.5
2012–13 Partizan 5111.2.350.143.0002.0.6.4.03.0-1.0
2014–15 Cedevita 10627.2.402.385.8752.13.92.1.09.68.7
2015–16 211819.1.382.250.8101.33.1.3.04.63.4
2018–19 Budućnost 301823.3.387.304.7141.73.6.6.07.66.3
Career 722621.7.379.330.7501.53.2.7.06.85.1

Awards

References
  1. "U Cedeviti je bolje nego u Partizanu i Romi". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Večernji list. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. "Lottomatica Roma lands Gordic in backcourt". Euroleague.net. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. "Partizan brings in point guard Gordic". euroleague.net. November 13, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  4. "Milosavljević ostaje, Gordić odlazi". Novosti.rs (in Serbian). 27 June 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. "Igokea part ways with Mays and Fraser, sign Nemanja Gordic". Sportando.net. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  6. "Cedevita Zagreb signs Nemanja Gordic". Sportando.com. June 1, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  7. "Nemanja Gordić is back in Budućnost VOLI". aba-liga.com. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  8. "Povratak Gordića". kkpartizan.rs. 5 July 2019.
  9. Carchia, Emiliano (16 July 2020). "KK Partizan Belgrade re-signs Nemanja Gordic". Sportando. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. Skerletic, Dario (August 14, 2021). "KK Mornar Bar keeps Nemanja Gordic". Sportando. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  11. Skerletic, Dario (November 13, 2022). "Nemanja Gordic joins U-BT Cluj-Napoca". Sportando. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  12. "Немања Гордић спортиста године у Српској" (in Serbian). РТРС. 2014-12-18.
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