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

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player and current executive for the

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of the

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(NBA). Standing at , he used to play at the

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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, lin ...

. 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-Cyrl, Василије Мицић, born 13 January 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Serbian national team in internat ...

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 Nikola Jokić ( ; sr-Cyrl, Никола Јокић ; born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a Center (basketball), center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the ...

. 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

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, he parted ways with the club. On July 5, 2016, Miljenović signed with the Greek club

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

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 The are a Japanese professional basketball team based in the eastern Mikawa Province, Mikawa and Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture region of central Japan, that competes in the B.League. The team was founded in 1965, as the company team of the OSG ...

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 stage ...

, 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 t ...

, 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. Participating ...

, 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, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating tea ...

Off the court

Miljenović and

Rade Zagorac Rade Zagorac ( sr-Cyrl, Раде Загорац; born 12 August 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for ONVO Büyükçekmece of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays at the small fo ...

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 Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

, Serbia, that represents

players. On 21 February 2025, the

hired Miljenović as part of their front office.

Professional career

National team career

Off the court

References

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