Nemanja Aleksandrov
Aleksandrov, first from the right, playing with Olimpija in December 2009.
Personal information
Born (1987-04-10) 10 April 1987
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2002–2020
PositionPower forward / small forward
Career history
2002–2006FMP
2006–2009Crvena zvezda
2009–2010Olimpija Ljubljana
2010–2011VL Pesaro
2012–2013Verviers-Pepinster
2013Manresa
2013–2016Oldenburg
2016Gaziantep
2016–2017Eisbären Bremerhaven
2017–2018Craiova
2018–2020Jászberényi
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
European Championship for Cadets
Gold medal – first place2003 SpainTeam

Nemanja Aleksandrov (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Александров, born 10 April 1987) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at the height of 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in), he played at the power forward and small forward positions.

Professional career

FMP (2002–06)

Aleksandrov started his professional basketball career with FMP Železnik in 2002–03 season. At the time, he was considered a big international talent, even declaring for the 2005 NBA draft,[1] but then withdrew his name to due to ACL injury. He stayed with FMP Železnik until the end of 2005–06 season.

Crvena zvezda (2006–09)

For the 2006–07 season, Aleksandrov signed a contract with Crvena zvezda, where he stayed for three seasons.

2009–2013

He signed with Union Olimpija the summer of 2009. After just a year in Slovenia he left Union because of unpaid salary,[2] so he signed a one-year contract with option to extend with the Italian team Scavolini Pesaro.[3] He spent the whole 2011–12 season working individually with Nenad Trajković.

On 12 August 2012, Aleksandrov signed with the Belgian team Verviers-Pepinster.[4][5] In March 2013, he left Pepinster and signed with the Spanish club Bàsquet Manresa for the rest of the season.[6]

Oldenburg (2013–16)

In July 2013, German team EWE Baskets Oldenburg announced that they had signed Aleksandrov for two years.[7] On 8 July 2015, he signed a one-year extension with the club.[8]

2016–2020

On 13 October 2016, Aleksandrov signed with the Turkish team Gaziantep Basketbol.[9] On 20 December 2016 he returned to Germany, signing with Basketball-Bundesliga outfit Eisbären Bremerhaven for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[10]

National team career

Aleksandrov won gold with Serbia and Montenegro national under-16 basketball team along with the tournament MVP award at the 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, after averaging 20.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.3 assist over 8 tournament games. In the same year, Aleksandrov received the "young athlete of the year" distinction in Serbia and Montenegro. At the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, he averaged 16.5 points and 9 rebounds over 13 tournament games, with Serbia and Montenegro national under-18 basketball team finishing the competition in fifth place.

He played with the senior Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2007, where in limited role he appeared in three group games in which Serbia was elimintated from the competition.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aleksandrov na draftu 2005!". b92.net (in Serbian). ESPN. 28 June 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Nemanja Aleksandrov lascia l Union Olimpija". Sportando (in Italian).
  3. ↑ "Pesaro signs Aleksandrov, Collins and Cusin". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Nemanja Aleksandrov u Pepinsteru". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "VOO Verviers-Pepinster signs Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Manresa announced Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Aleksandrov komplettiert Kader". ewe-baskets.de (in German). 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Aleksandrov još godinu dana u Oldenburgu". b92.net (in Serbian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Gaziantep reached an agreement with Nemanja Aleksandrov to replace the injured Haislip". sportando.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Bremerhaven, Eisbären. "Eisbären verpflichten Ex-Oldenburger Nemanja Aleksandrov". Eisbären Bremerhaven. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
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