Mihajlo Manović (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Мановић; born 4 April 1948) is a Serbian–Croatian former professional basketball coach and player.
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| Born | 4 April 1948 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian / Croatian | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1970: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1966–N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Radnički Beograd | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1977 | Split / Jugoplastika | |||||||||||||||||
| Dalvin | ||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Manović played the majority of his career with Jugoplastika, most notably winning the 1970–71 and 1976–77 national league titles. Intercontinentally, Manović finished second in the 1971–72 FIBA European Champions Cup and 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup and won back-to-back FIBA Korać Cup titles in 1975–76 and 1976–77.[1][2]
National team career edit
In August 1966, Manović was a member of the Yugoslavia junior team that won a silver medal at the European Championship for Junior Men in Porto San Giorgio, Italy. Over four tournament games, he averaged 1.3 points per game.[3] To years later, in August 1968, he was a member of the junior national team that a silver medal at the same championship in Vigo, Spain. Over six tournament games, he averaged 5.6 points per game.[4]
Personal life edit
In May 2007, his son Jovan (also a professional basketball player) was murdered in Belgrade, Serbia.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Mihajlo Manović - od košarkaške zvezde velike Jugoslavije do sakupljanja sekundarnih sirovina". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Legenda Jugoplastike preživjela je smrt sina, karcinom i sepsu, zvali su ga i četnikom i ustašom, a danas bez krova nad glavom skuplja boce da bi se prehranio". slobodnadalmacija.hr. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "1966 U18 Yugoslavia #4 - Mihajlo Manovic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "1968 U18 Yugoslavia #10 - Mihajlo Manovic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ B92 (2007-05-10). "Juče ubijen košarkaš iz Splita" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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