Nemanja Aleksandrov

Nemanja Aleksandrov

Aleksandrov, first from the right, playing with Olimpija in December 2009.
No. 32 – Gaziantep
Position	Power forward / Small forward
League	Turkish Basketball Super League FIBA Europe Cup
Personal information
Born	April 10, 1987 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2009 / Undrafted
Playing career	2002–present
Career history
2002–2006	FMP
2006–2009	Crvena zvezda
2009–2010	Union Olimpija
2010–2011	Scavolini Pesaro
2012–2013	Verviers-Pepinster
2013	Bàsquet Manresa
2013–2016	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2016–present	Gaziantep
Career highlights and awards
Europe U-16 Championship MVP (2003) 2× Nike Hoop Summit game (2005, 2007)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Serbia and Montenegro European Championship for Cadets 2003 Spain Team

Nemanja Aleksandrov (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Александров, born April 10, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Gaziantep Basketbol of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) tall power forward, but can play and as small forward.

Professional career

In 2003 he was declared as young athlete of the year in Serbia and Montenegro.

Aleksandrov started his basketball career with FMP Belgrade and he stayed there until the summer of 2006. He then transferred to Crvena zvezda where he stayed for 3 seasons, before leaving in the summer of 2009. He signed with Union Olimpija the summer of 2009.

After just a year in Slovenia he left Union because of unpaid salary,^[1] so he signed one-year contract with option to extend with the Italian team Scavolini Pesaro.^[2] He spent whole 2011–12 season working individually with Nenad Trajkovic

On August 12, 2012, Aleksandrov signed with the Belgian team Verviers-Pepinster.^[3][4] In March 2013, he left Pepinster and signed with the Spanish club Bàsquet Manresa for the rest of the season.^[5]

In July 2013, EWE Baskets Oldenburg announced that they signed Aleksandrov for two years.^[6] On July 8, 2015, he signed a one-year extension with the club.^[7]

On October 13, 2016, Aleksandrov signed with the Turkish team Gaziantep Basketbol.^[8]

References

1. "Nemanja Aleksandrov lascia l Union Olimpija". Sportando (in Italian).
2. "Pesaro signs Aleksandrov, Collins and Cusin". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
3. "Nemanja Aleksandrov u Pepinsteru". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 September 2012.
4. "VOO Verviers-Pepinster signs Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
5. "Manresa announced Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
6. "Aleksandrov komplettiert Kader". ewe-baskets.de (in German). 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
7. "Aleksandrov još godinu dana u Oldenburgu". b92.net (in Serbian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
8. "Gaziantep reached an agreement with Nemanja Aleksandrov to replace the injured Haislip". sportando.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

External links

• Nemanja Aleksandrov at draftexpress.com
• Nemanja Aleksandrov at eurobasket.com
• Nemanja Aleksandrov at euroleague.net
• Nemanja Aleksandrov at nbadraft.net
• Nemanja Aleksandrov on Twitter