Nemanja Đurić ( sr-cyr, Немања Ђурић; June 18, 1936), is a Serbian former professional basketball player and former coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Early life

Đurić was raised in a sports family. His father and uncle played

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for Slavija in Belgrade. He has trained many sports, played football for Šumadija Belgrade, after which he moved to

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club Hero, and later moved to volleyball club Partizan where he stays for a longer period and played for all youth selections. Đurić started to play basketball at the urging of his friend Slobodan Ivković.

Playing career

Đurić made his first basketball steps in Crvena zvezda when he was 19. The club felt that he was too old, so he went to Radnički Belgrade. Đurić played in Italy for Noalex Venezia in 1967–68 season. After that he return to Crvena zvezda and won Yugoslav League in 1968–69 season along with Vladimir Cvetković, Zoran Slavnić,

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, Ljubodrag Simonović and others. Also, he played in 1969–70 European Champions Cup. Later, he played for Oriolik from Slavonski Brod.

National team career

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Đurić has played from 1959 to 1967. He participated in two FIBA World Championships (

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and 1967 in Uruguay) and four

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(

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, 1961 in Yugoslavia,

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and 1965 in Soviet Union) and two

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( 1960 in Rome and

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). Đurić won two silver medals at World Championships, two silver medals in 1961 and 1965) and one bronze (1963) at European Championships. He won a gold medal at

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in Lebanon. During late May and early June 1964, Đurić faced off against a team of NBA All-Stars at three of their four games in Yugoslavia — on 29 May and 30 May 1964 in

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as well as 2 June 1964 in

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. In Karlovac, the team consisting of local players lost 65–110. US players coached by Red Auerbach were Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn,

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, Jerry Lucas, Bob Pettit, Oscar Robertson and Bill Russel. Alongside Đurić, the players on the local team were

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, Mirko Novosel, Petar Skansi and others.

Coaching career

Đurić was an assistant coach of the Crvena zvezda roster that won the 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup, assisting to Aleksandar Nikolić. Đurić was the head coach of Crvena zvezda for two seasons between 1974 and 1976, winning one Yugoslav Cup in 1975.

Career achievements

;As player * Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1968–69). ;As head coach * Yugoslav Cup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1974–75). ;As assistant coach * European Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1973–74).

Coaching record

;Yugoslav Basketball League , - , align="left", Crvena zvezda , align="left", 1974–75 , 26 , , 18 , , 8 , , , , 4th , - , align="left", Crvena zvezda , align="left", 1975–76 , 26 , , 13 , , 13 , , , , 5th , -class="sortbottom" , align="center" colspan=2, Career, , 52, , 31, , 21, , , ,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duric, Nemanja 1936 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Yugoslav men's basketball players 1963 FIBA World Championship players 1967 FIBA World Championship players Yugoslav basketball coaches Serbian men's basketball players Serbian men's basketball coaches KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches KK Crvena zvezda head coaches KK Crvena zvezda youth coaches KK Crvena zvezda players Power forwards (basketball) BKK Radnički players Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia