Nemanja Gordić Explained

Nemanja Gordić
Position:Point guard
Height M:1.93
Weight Kg:90
League:Basketball League of Serbia
Team:Spartak Office Shoes
Nationality:Bosnian / Serbian
Birth Date:25 September 1988
Birth Place:Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslavia
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2005
Years1:2005–2010
Team1:Budućnost
Years2:2010–2012
Team2:Lottomatica Roma
Years3:2012
Team3:Azovmash
Years4:2012–2013
Team4:Partizan
Years5:2013–2014
Team5:Igokea
Years6:2014–2016
Team6:Cedevita
Years7:2016–2019
Team7:Budućnost
Years8:2019–2020
Team8:Partizan
Years9:2020–2022
Team9:Mornar Bar
Years10:2022–2023
Team10:U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Years11:2023
Team11:Igokea
Years12:2023–present
Team12:Spartak Office Shoes
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Nemanja Gordić (; born September 25, 1988) is a Bosnian[1] professional basketball player for Spartak Office Shoes of the Basketball League of Serbia. He also represents the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally. Gordić also holds Serbian citizenship.

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

EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11| style="text-align:left;"| Lottomatica| 6 || 1 || 22.6 || .413 || .467 || .667 || .3 || 2.5 || .2 || .0 || 9.7 || 4.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Partizan| 5 || 1 || 11.2 || .350 || .143 || .000 || 2.0 || .6 || .4 || .0 || 3.0 || -1.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Cedevita| 10 || 6 || 27.2 || .402 || .385 || .875 || 2.1 || 3.9 || 2.1 || .0 || 9.6 || 8.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| 21 || 18 || 19.1 || .382 || .250 || .810 || 1.3 || 3.1 || .3 || .0 || 4.6 || 3.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Budućnost| 30 || 18 || 23.3 || .387 || .304 || .714 || 1.7 || 3.6 || .6 || .0 || 7.6 || 6.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career| 72 || 26 || 21.7 || .379 || .330 || .750 || 1.5 || 3.2 || .7 || .0 || 6.8 || 5.1

Awards

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: U Cedeviti je bolje nego u Partizanu i Romi. vecernji.hr. Večernji list. 24 October 2014. hr. 19 May 2015.
  2. News: Lottomatica Roma lands Gordic in backcourt. 10 September 2015. Euroleague.net. 24 December 2010.
  3. News: Partizan brings in point guard Gordic . euroleague.net . November 13, 2012 . December 6, 2012.
  4. News: Milosavljević ostaje, Gordić odlazi. 10 September 2015. Novosti.rs. 27 June 2013. sr.
  5. News: Igokea part ways with Mays and Fraser, sign Nemanja Gordic. 11 October 2013. Sportando.net.
  6. News: Cedevita Zagreb signs Nemanja Gordic. June 2, 2014. Sportando.com. June 1, 2014.
  7. News: Nemanja Gordić is back in Budućnost VOLI. 3 August 2016. aba-liga.com. 3 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819130909/http://www.aba-liga.com/news/tabid/86/id/36724/nemanja-gordi-is-back-in-budunost-voli.aspx. 19 August 2016. dead.
  8. News: Povratak Gordića. kkpartizan.rs. 5 July 2019.
  9. News: KK Partizan Belgrade re-signs Nemanja Gordic . Sportando . 16 July 2020 . 16 July 2020. Carchia . Emiliano .
  10. News: KK Mornar Bar keeps Nemanja Gordic . Sportando . August 14, 2021 . August 14, 2021. Skerletic . Dario .
  11. News: Nemanja Gordic joins U-BT Cluj-Napoca. November 13, 2022. Sportando. En. November 13, 2022 . Skerletic . Dario .
  12. Web site: Немања Гордић спортиста године у Српској. РТРС. 2014-12-18. sr.