Nemanja Aleksandrov

Nemanja Aleksandrov
	Aleksandrov, first from the right, playing with Olimpija in December 2009.
No. 32 – EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Position	Power forward / Small forward
League	BBL; Eurocup
Personal information
Born	April 10, 1987 (age 37); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2009: undrafted
Playing career	2002–present
Career history
2002–2006	FMP
2006–2009	Crvena zvezda
2009–2010	Union Olimpija
2010–2011	Scavolini Pesaro
2012–2013	Verviers-Pepinster
2013	Bàsquet Manresa
2013–present	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Career highlights and awards
	Europe U-16 Championship MVP (2003); 2× Nike Hoop Summit game (2005, 2007);
Men's basketball
Representing Serbia and Montenegro
European Championship for Cadets

Nemanja Aleksandrov (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Александров, born April 10, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) tall power forward, but can play and as small forward.

Professional career

In 2003 he was declared as young athlete of the year in Serbia and Montenegro.

Aleksandrov started his basketball career with FMP Belgrade and he stayed there until the summer of 2006. He then transferred to Crvena zvezda where he stayed for 3 seasons, before leaving in the summer of 2009. He signed with Union Olimpija the summer of 2009.

After just a year in Slovenia he left Union because of unpaid salary,^[1] so he signed one-year contract with option to extend with the Italian team Scavolini Pesaro.^[2] He spent whole 2011–12 season working individually with Nenad Trajkovic

On August 12, 2012, Aleksandrov signed with the Belgian team Verviers-Pepinster.^[3]^[4] In March 2013, he left Pepinster and signed with the Spanish club Bàsquet Manresa for the rest of the season.^[5]

In July 2013, EWE Baskets Oldenburg announced that they signed Aleksandrov for two years.^[6] On July 8, 2015, he signed a one-year extension with the club.^[7]

References

^ "Nemanja Aleksandrov lascia l Union Olimpija". Sportando (in Italian).
^ "Pesaro signs Aleksandrov, Collins and Cusin". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ "Nemanja Aleksandrov u Pepinsteru". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ "VOO Verviers-Pepinster signs Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ "Manresa announced Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
^ "Aleksandrov komplettiert Kader". ewe-baskets.de (in German). 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "Aleksandrov još godinu dana u Oldenburgu". b92.net (in Serbian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

External links

Nemanja Aleksandrov at draftexpress.com
Nemanja Aleksandrov at eurobasket.com
Nemanja Aleksandrov at euroleague.net
Nemanja Aleksandrov at nbadraft.net
Nemanja Aleksandrov on Twitter

Awards
Preceded by Ivan Kolić (for Yugoslavia)	The Best Young Athlete of Serbia and Montenegro 2003	Succeeded by Simon Vukčević

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[1] "Nemanja Aleksandrov lascia l Union Olimpija". Sportando (in Italian).

[2] "Pesaro signs Aleksandrov, Collins and Cusin". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[3] "Nemanja Aleksandrov u Pepinsteru". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[4] "VOO Verviers-Pepinster signs Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[5] "Manresa announced Nemanja Aleksandrov". Sportando. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[6] "Aleksandrov komplettiert Kader". ewe-baskets.de (in German). 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[7] "Aleksandrov još godinu dana u Oldenburgu". b92.net (in Serbian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

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