Nenad Miljenović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Миљеновић; born April 8, 1993) is a Serbian professional

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player for

OKK Beograd Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competi ...

of the

Basketball League of Serbia The Basketball League of Serbia ( sr, Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije; abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federatio ...

. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position.

Professional career

Miljenović started playing basketball with the youth ranks of FMP. In October 2011, Miljenović signed his first professional contract with

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...

. In December 2011, he was loaned to Mega Vizura. On September 25, 2012, he signed a termination of his contract with Partizan. Only one day after his contract termination with Partizan, Miljenović signed a four-year contract with Serbian team Radnički Kragujevac, on September 26, 2012. On July 23, 2013, Miljenović signed a one-year deal with his former team, Mega Vizura. In June 2014, he extended his contract with Mega Vizura. With the departure of

Vasilije Micić Vasilije Micić ( sr-cyr, Василије Мицић, born 13 January 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basket ...

from the team, his role in the team increased during the 2014–15 season. In the first game of the 2014–15 ABA League season for his team, he scored 26 points, and added 10 assists, to help his team defeat MZT Skopje, by a score of 103–98. He has been named the ABA League Player of the Month for October of the 2014–15 ABA League season. Over 24 games played during the 2014–15 Adriatic League season, he averaged 13.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and a league leading 8.4 assists per game. During the same season he was named MVP of the Round five times, was the assists leader of the season and was a very close second player in MVP standings behind his teammate Nikola Jokić. On August 19, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team

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. After one season with Sevilla in the Spanish Liga ACB, he parted ways with the club. On July 5, 2016, Miljenović signed with the Greek club PAOK of the

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. On February 1, 2019, Miljenović joined the

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team Olimpija. He averaged 15 points and 7 assists per game. In August 2020, he signed with San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League.

National team career

Miljenović was a member of the junior national teams of Serbia. With Serbia's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the

2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Kaunas, in Lithuania, hosted the tournament. Spain won their second title. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Group stages ...

, where he won a bronze medal, the

2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship The 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (German: FIBA U17-Weltmeisterschaft 2010) was the inaugural edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national te ...

, the

2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 28th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Poland from July 21–31. Lithuania were the defending champion. Spain won their third title. Te ...

, where he won a silver medal, the

2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Slovenia from 12 to 22 July 2012. Lithuania won the title for the second time. Participatin ...

, and the

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northe ...

Off the court

Miljenović and

Rade Zagorac Rade Zagorac ( sr-cyr, Раде Загорац; born 12 August 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he mainly plays at the small forward position. Profess ...

established the ABA League Players Union in July 2020. The Union is a

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and

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based in Belgrade, Serbia, that represents

players.

Professional career

National team career

Off the court

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