Nenad Dimitrijević
No. 1 – Olimpia Milano | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | LBA EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Skopje, Macedonia | 23 February 1998
Nationality | Macedonian |
Listed height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Listed weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2020: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–2021 | Joventut Badalona |
2021–2023 | Valencia |
2022–2023 | → UNICS Kazan |
2023–2024 | UNICS Kazan |
2024–present | Olimpia Milano |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Nenad Dimitrijević (Ненад Димитријеви) born 23 February 1998) is a professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague who is coming from Vardaska.[1][2][3][4] He is also a regular member of the Macedonian national team. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m), Dimitrijević plays at the point guard position.
Professional career
[edit]Joventut Badalona (2016–2021)
[edit]Dimitrijević began his professional career by signing with the Spanish club Joventut Badalona for the 2016–17 season. He went undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, as he became automatically eligible at the age of 22.
He stayed with the club for five seasons until the summer of 2021. He appeared in 137 ACB League games over that period with the club, with 2020–21 season being his best season with the club. He averaged 10.4 points and 3.6 assists over 32 league games.
Valencia (2021–2023)
[edit]On 19 June 2021, Dimitrijević signed with the Spanish club Valencia.[5] In his debut season, Dimitrijević averaged 9.5 points and 4.2 assists over 19 games, while shooting 45.1% from the field.
Loan to UNICS Kazan (2022–2023)
[edit]He was loaned to Russian club UNICS Kazan for the 2022–2023 season. UNICS went on to win the VTB United League after defeating Lokomotiv Kuban with 4–1 in the finals series. Dimitrijević was named the VTB United League Playoffs MVP for his performances. Over 50 VTB League games, he averaged 12.9 points, 5.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game. With the loan period expired, Valencia decided to release ties with him and Dimitrijević became free agent on 4 June 2023.
References
[edit]- ^ "Nenad Dimitrijevic Basketball Player Profile, FIATC Joventut Badalona, News, Liga Endesa stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com". Basketball.eurobasket.com. 1998-02-23. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ^ "Nenad Dimitrijevic". Bgbasket.com. 1998-02-23. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ^ "Чудесно деби на Ненад Димитријевиќ". ekipa.mk. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Ненад Димитријевиќ од денеска на кампот на Џордан". telegraf.mk. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Nenad Dimitrijevic joins Valencia". Sportando. June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Nenad Dimitrijević at acb.com
- Nenad Dimitrijević at vtb-league.com
- 1998 births
- Living people
- BC UNICS players
- Joventut Badalona players
- Liga ACB players
- Macedonian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Macedonian expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Macedonian men's basketball players
- Macedonian people of Serbian descent
- Olimpia Milano players
- Point guards
- Basketball players from Skopje
- Valencia Basket players
- Macedonian basketball biography stubs