| Jovan Manović | |
| Position: | Point guard |
| Height M: | 1.83 |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Death Place: | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality: | Croatian |
| Draft Year: | 1999 |
| Career Start: | 1995 |
| Career End: | 2007 |
| Years1: | 2000–2002 |
| Team1: | ADO Ovarense |
| Years2: | 2002 |
| Team2: | Portugal Telecom |
| Years3: | 2003–2004 |
| Team3: | Alkar |
| Years4: | 2004–2005 |
| Team4: | JDA Dijon |
| Years5: | 2005–2006 |
| Team5: | Split CO |
| Years6: | 2006 |
| Team6: | Makedonikos |
| Years7: | 2006–2007 |
| Team7: | AS Prishtina |
Jovan Manović (13 May 1977 – 9 May 2007) was a Croatian professional basketball player.
A point guard, Manović played for Split CO and Alkar in Croatia, Kraški zidar and Helios Domžale in Slovenia, Ovarense, Portugal Telecom, and C.A. Queluz in Portugal, JDA Dijon (France), AS Prishtina (Kosovo), and Makedonikos (Greece).[1] [2]
His parents were former basketball player Mihajlo Manović and Hanija Erceg.[3]
Manović was killed in a café on 9 May 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] [4] [2] An investigation discovered that he was mistakenly killed in a clash between two drug gangs from Belgrade. The real target was supposed to be a close friend of a Serbian drug lord known in Europe.[5] [6]