Slobodan Jovanović (basketball)

Slobodan Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Јовановић, born 19 February 1997) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Vršac of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), he plays at the shooting guard position.

Slobodan Jovanović
No. 8 – Vršac
PositionShooting guard
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2018Partizan
2017–2018OKK Beograd
2018–2019Spars Sarajevo
2020Dynamic Belgrade
2020–2021Metalac
2021–presentVršac
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
U17 World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 UAE Team
U16 European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2013 Ukraine Team
U16 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lithuania & Latvia Team

Professional career edit

In December 2015, 18-year-old Jovanović signed his first professional contract with Partizan Belgrade.[1] Prior to 2017–18 season, he was loaned to the OKK Beograd.

International career edit

Jovanović represented the Serbia men's national under-16 basketball team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship where they won the silver medal.[2] The following year he was part of the U17 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "U jednom danu tri potpisa u Partizanu" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  2. ^ "EP (U16): Kadeti Srbije osvojili srebrnu medalju". vesti-online.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Bronza za "orliće"!". rts.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 September 2014.

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