Nenad Miljenović Explained

Nenad Miljenović
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:4.5
Weight Lbs:210
Birth Date:8 April 1993
Birth Place:Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Draft Year:2015
Career Start:2011
Career End:2023
Years1:2011–2012
Team1:Partizan
Years2:2011–2012
Team2:Mega Basket
Years3:2012–2013
Team3:Radnički Kragujevac
Years4:2013–2015
Team4:Mega Basket
Years5:2015–2016
Team5:Sevilla
Years6:2016–2017
Team6:PAOK
Years7:2018–2019
Team7:OKK Beograd
Years8:2019
Team8:Petrol Olimpija
Years9:2019
Team9:Mega Basket
Years10:2019–2020
Team10:OKK Beograd
Years11:2020–2021
Team11:San-en NeoPhoenix
Years12:2021–2022
Team12:Dinamo București
Years13:2022–2023
Team13:OKK Beograd

Nenad Miljenović (Serbian: Ненад Миљеновић; born April 8, 1993) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He last played for OKK Beograd of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at,[1] [2] he used to play at the point guard position.

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=001809 MILJENOVIC, NENAD HEIGHT: 1.94.
  2. Web site: Nenad Miljenovic altura: 1.94 m . . 2015-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160419190750/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=FPU . 2016-04-19 . dead .
  3. News: Miljenović na pozajmici u Mega Vizuri . Serbian . sportske.net . December 26, 2011 . March 12, 2012.
  4. Web site: Miljenović ipak ide iz Partizana. B92. September 25, 2012. sr.
  5. Web site: Radnicki inks Nenad Miljenovic. Sportando. September 26, 2012.
  6. Web site: Miljenović u Radničkom. Mondo. September 26, 2012. sr.
  7. Web site: Mega Vizura sign Nenad Miljenovic. Sportando.net. July 23, 2013.
  8. Web site: Miljenović godinu dana u Mega Vizuri. Novosti.rs. July 23, 2013. sr.
  9. News: Mega Vizura extend deals with Nenad Miljenovic and Nemanja Krstic. July 11, 2014. Sportando.com. June 6, 2014.
  10. News: Jokić, Miljenović nadjačali MZT. October 4, 2014. b92.net. Serbian.
  11. News: Overtime win for Mega, Jokić with index 44! . October 4, 2014 . abaliga.com . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074751/http://www.abaliga.com/a7904/ABA_Contents/News/Overtime_win_for_Mega_Jokic_with_index_44_.html . October 6, 2014 .
  12. News: Interview with the October MVP Nenad Miljenović . November 9, 2014 . abaliga.com . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102053047/http://www.abaliga.com/a8198/Interviews/Interview_with_the_October_MVP_Nenad_Miljenovic.html . November 2, 2014 .
  13. News: El Baloncesto Sevilla se hace con los servicios del talento serbio Nenad Miljenovic. August 19, 2015. baloncestosevilla.com. August 19, 2015. Spanish.
  14. News: Baloncesto Sevilla opts out of Nenad Miljenovic and Pierre Oriola's contracts. July 1, 2016. Sportando.com. July 1, 2016.
  15. News: PAOK Thessaloniki inks Nenad Miljenovic. July 6, 2016. Sportando.com. July 5, 2016.
  16. Web site: R. K. . Olimpijo okrepil nekdanji prvi podajalec Lige ABA . . February 1, 2019 . Ljubljana . sl . February 1, 2019.
  17. News: SanEn Neophoenix inks Nenad Miljenovic . Sportando . August 5, 2020 . August 5, 2020.
  18. Web site: Miljenović karijeru nastavlja u Japanu . b92.net . 5 August 2020.
  19. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Nenad%20Miljenovi%C4%87/pid//_//players.html Nenad MILJENOVIC (SRB).
  20. Web site: Osnovana Unija igrača ABA lige . b92.net . 8 July 2020.
  21. Web site: Osnovana Unija igrača ABA lige: Štitit će igrače iz regije . index.hr . 8 July 2020.
  22. Web site: Košarkaš Partizana i OKK Beograda osnovali Uniju igrača klubova iz ABA lige – VOICE . novilist.hr . 8 July 2020 . 8 July 2020.
  23. Web site: Osnovana Unija igrača ABA lige: Zagorac i Miljenović pokrenuli akciju . vijesti.me . 8 July 2020.