Nenad Miljenović

Nenad Miljenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Миљеновић; born April 8, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for OKK Beograd of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in),[1][2] he plays at the point guard position.

Nenad Miljenović
OKK Beograd
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1993-04-08) April 8, 1993
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Partizan
2011–2012→ Mega Basket
2012–2013Radnički Kragujevac
2013–2015Mega Basket
2015–2016Sevilla
2016–2017PAOK
2018–2019OKK Beograd
2019Petrol Olimpija
2019Mega Basket
2019–2020OKK Beograd
2020–2021San-en NeoPhoenix
2021–2022Dinamo București
2022–presentOKK Beograd
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
U18 European Championship
Silver medal – second place2011 PolandTeam
U16 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2009 LithuaniaTeam

Professional career

Miljenović started playing basketball with the youth ranks of FMP. In October 2011, Miljenović signed his first professional contract with Partizan Belgrade. In December 2011, he was loaned to Mega Vizura.[3] On September 25, 2012, he signed a termination of his contract with Partizan.[4]

Only one day after his contract termination with Partizan, Miljenović signed a four-year contract with Serbian team Radnički Kragujevac, on September 26, 2012.[5][6]

On July 23, 2013, Miljenović signed a one-year deal with his former team, Mega Vizura.[7][8]

In June 2014, he extended his contract with Mega Vizura.[9] With the departure of Vasilije Micić from the team, his role in the team increased during the 2014–15 season. In the first game of the 2014–15 ABA League season for his team, he scored 26 points, and added 10 assists, to help his team defeat MZT Skopje, by a score of 103–98.[10][11] He has been named the ABA League Player of the Month for October of the 2014–15 ABA League season.[12] Over 24 games played during the 2014–15 Adriatic League season, he averaged 13.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and a league leading 8.4 assists per game. During the same season he was named MVP of the Round five times, was the assists leader of the season and was a very close second player in MVP standings behind his teammate Nikola Jokić.

On August 19, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Sevilla.[13] After one season with Sevilla in the Spanish Liga ACB, he parted ways with the club.[14]

On July 5, 2016, Miljenović signed with the Greek club PAOK of the Greek Basket League.[15]

On February 1, 2019, Miljenović joined the ABA League team Olimpija.[16] He averaged 15 points and 7 assists per game.[17]

In August 2020, he signed with San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League.[18]

National team career

Miljenović was a member of the junior national teams of Serbia. With Serbia's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a silver medal, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[19]

Off the court

Miljenović and Rade Zagorac established the ABA League Players Union in July 2020.[20][21] The Union is a non-profit organization and trade union based in Belgrade, Serbia, that represents ABA League players.[22][23]

References
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  2. "Nenad Miljenovic altura: | 1.94 m {{in lang|es}}". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  3. "Miljenović na pozajmici u Mega Vizuri" (in Serbian). sportske.net. December 26, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  4. "Miljenović ipak ide iz Partizana". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  5. "Radnicki inks Nenad Miljenovic". Sportando. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  6. "Miljenović u Radničkom". Mondo (in Serbian). Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  7. "Mega Vizura sign Nenad Miljenovic". Sportando.net. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  8. "Miljenović godinu dana u Mega Vizuri" (in Serbian). Novosti.rs. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  9. "Mega Vizura extend deals with Nenad Miljenovic and Nemanja Krstic". Sportando.com. June 6, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  10. "Jokić, Miljenović nadjačali MZT". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  11. "Overtime win for Mega, Jokić with index 44!". abaliga.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. "Interview with the October MVP Nenad Miljenović". abaliga.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. "El Baloncesto Sevilla se hace con los servicios del talento serbio Nenad Miljenovic". baloncestosevilla.com (in Spanish). August 19, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  14. "Baloncesto Sevilla opts out of Nenad Miljenovic and Pierre Oriola's contracts". Sportando.com. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  15. "PAOK Thessaloniki inks Nenad Miljenovic". Sportando.com. July 5, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  16. R. K. (February 1, 2019). "Olimpijo okrepil nekdanji prvi podajalec Lige ABA" (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  17. "SanEn Neophoenix inks Nenad Miljenovic". Sportando. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  18. "Miljenović karijeru nastavlja u Japanu". b92.net. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  19. Nenad MILJENOVIC (SRB).
  20. "Osnovana Unija igrača ABA lige". b92.net. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  21. "Osnovana Unija igrača ABA lige: Štitit će igrače iz regije". index.hr. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  22. "Košarkaš Partizana i OKK Beograda osnovali Uniju igrača klubova iz ABA lige – VOICE". novilist.hr. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  23. "Osnovana Unija igrača ABA lige: Zagorac i Miljenović pokrenuli akciju". vijesti.me. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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