Nihad Đedović (born January 12, 1990) is a Bosnian professional
basketball
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player for
Unicaja
Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the n ...
of the
Liga ACB. He also represented the
Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team ( Bosnian: ''Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
internationally.
Professional career
Đedović started his career with
KK Bosna, but
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
signed him when he was just 16 years old. He never got a real chance to play in Barcelona, and spent most of the time on loans in
Cornellà,
Obradoiro and with
Virtus Roma. After leaving Barcelona, he played for
Galatasaray
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and
Alba Berlin.
In July 2013 he signed for
Bayern Munich. In July 2014, it was announced that he signed a two-year extension with the team. On July 11, 2016, Đedović agreed on a contract extension with Bayern until 2018, including a team option for the 2018–19 season.
On June 22, 2022, he signed with
Unicaja
Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the n ...
of the
Liga ACB.
Bosnian national team
He was one of the key players of Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. On
EuroBasket 2011 he averaged 10.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, while on
EuroBasket 2013
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France defeated Lithuania in th ...
he averaged 17.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.
Career statistics
EuroLeague
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2007–08
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2008–09
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2010–11
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Lottomatica
, 15 , , 15 , , 27.3 , , .426 , , .194 , , .742 , , 3.1 , , 2.1 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 9.3 , , 8.9
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2012–13
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Alba Berlin
, 23 , , 13 , , 23.5 , , .411 , , .265 , , .695 , , 3.3 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 8.6 , , 7.6
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2013–14
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Bayern
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2014–15
, 10 , , 7 , , 25.5 , , .439 , , .375 , , .818 , , 2.8 , , 2.4 , , .5 , , .2 , , 11.6 , , 10.5
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2015–16
, 10 , , 8 , , 26.6 , , .469 , , .333 , , .857 , , 3.0 , , 2.6 , , 1.2 , , .0 , , 12.4 , , 12.0
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2018–19
, 30 , , 28 , , 23.0 , , .463 , , .333 , , .836 , , 2.5 , , 2.7 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 9.9 , , 10.0
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, 110 , , 87 , , 24.0 , , .443 , , .319 , , .799 , , 2.9 , , 2.4 , , 1.0 , , .1 , , 9.9 , , 9.2
Personal life
He is the older brother of
Nedim Đedović. He has also held German citizenship since April 2015.
References
External links
Nihad Đedovićat beko-bbl.de
Nihad Đedovićat draftexpress.com
Nihad Đedovićat eurobasket.com
Nihad Đedovićat euroleague.net
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1990 births
Living people
Alba Berlin players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
FC Bayern Munich basketball players
Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
Liga ACB players
Obradoiro CAB players
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
People from Višegrad
Shooting guards
Small forwards