Nemanja Bešović (; born June 8, 1992) is a Serbian professional

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player for

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of the

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. At , he plays at the center position.

Professional career

Bešović started playing basketball with youth selections of

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. He made his debut at senior level with

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during the 2007–08 season. In November 2008, Bešović moved to

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, lit=Basketball Club Partizan), commonly known as Partizan Belgrade, or as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports cl ...

. Bešović requested termination of his contract on September 22, 2012, after not being selected for friendly games with

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. On June 17, 2013, he signed a three-year deal with

Spirou Charleroi Spirou Basket, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome which ...

, but was immediately sent on loan to VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster. In September 2016, he signed with Macedonian club

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. Bešović played for Al Ahli Doha of the

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, averaging 19.5 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. He then signed with Al-Gharafa Doha on December 7, 2018. In 2019-20 Bešović played for Zob Ahan Isfahan in the

Iranian Basketball Super League The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams ...

where he averaged 15.5 points and 6.8 rebounds. He joined Academic Plovdiv of the National Basketball League in 2021 and averaged 10.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. He parted ways with the team on February 20, 2022. On December 9, 2022, Bešović signed with Al-Karamah of the

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. On July 6, 2024, Bešović signed with

of the

Serbian national team

Bešović was a member of the Serbian junior team that won a gold medal at the

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in 2009. He also won a silver medal at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship.

References

External links

Nemanja Bešović
at euroleague.net
Nemanja Bešović
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Besovic, Nemanja 1992 births Living people ABA League players Basketball League of Serbia players Centers (basketball) KK Partizan players KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players Serbian men's basketball players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Belgium Serbian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Qatar Serbian expatriate basketball people in Indonesia Serbs of Montenegro Basketball players from Podgorica RBC Pepinster players Al-Gharafa SC basketball players Taoyuan Pilots players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Taiwan P. League+ imports Iranian Basketball Super League players Tangerang Hawks players Zob Ahan Isfahan BC players KK Strumica players Academic Plovdiv players Al-Karamah SC men's basketball players Al Ahli SC (Doha) basketball players