Nebojša Bogavac ( sr-cyrl, Небојша Богавац; born December 14, 1973) is a Montenegrin professional
basketball
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coach and former player who is the current head coach for
Podgorica
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of the
Prva A Liga
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and the
ABA League Second Division
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Professional career
Bogavac played four seasons for
KK Lovćen
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in the
Yugoslav Basketball League
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from 1997 to 2001. He then spent next four years with
KK Hemofarm
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* "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa
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between 2001 and 2005. He helped the team to win the
Adriatic League
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title in 2005. Bogavac signed with
CB Breogán
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in Spain for the 2005–05 season. After that, he played two years with
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
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History
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in
France
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. He started the 2008–09 season with
KK Lovćen
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Arts and media
*KK, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Faceless Ones''
* "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa
* Kk. or Kirk ...
, but left in December for
Mahram Tehran BC
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, for which he played only at the tournament in Dubai later that month. In February 2009, he signed with
ASVEL Basket for the rest of the season. In the 2009–10 season, Bogavac represented KK Gorštak and
JDA Dijon Basket
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. In October 2010, he returned to ASVEL, and played there until December.
National team career
Bogavac was a member of the
Serbia and Montenegro national team at the
EuroBasket 2003
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in Sweden. Over four tournament games, he averaged 1.8 points, one rebound, and 0.5 assists per game.
Bogavac was a member of the
Montenegro national team at the
FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Division B
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2008 ...
.
Coaching career
On 18 June 2021,
Podgorica
Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...
hired Bogavac as their new head coach.
Personal life
His son,
Luka
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(born 2003), is a professional basketball player, playing for
Mega Basket.
References
External links
Nebojša Bogavacat ACB.com
Nebojša Bogavacat Euroleague.net
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1973 births
Living people
ABA League players
ASVEL Basket players
CB Breogán players
JDA Dijon Basket players
KK Hemofarm players
KK Hemofarm coaches
KK Lovćen players
KK Podgorica coaches
Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
Liga ACB players
Mahram Tehran BC players
Montenegrin basketball coaches
Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in France
Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Iran
Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Serbia
Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Spain
Montenegrin men's basketball players
People from Mojkovac
Shooting guards
Small forwards