Nationality Serbian Pro career 1997–2009 Weight 115 kg NBA draft 1999 / Undrafted Height 2.01 m | Listed weight 254 lb (115 kg) Role Basketball Player Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Name Dejan Milojevic Position Coach, Power forward | |
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League Basketball League of Serbia
Adriatic League Born April 15, 1977 (age 47)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1977-04-15 ) Similar People Dejan Tomasevic, Milan Gurovic, Vule Avdalovic, Veselin Petrovic, Uros Tripkovic | ||
Dejan milojevi and nikola ivanovi after the first game of the aba league finals
Dejan Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Милојевић; born April 15, 1977) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played at the power forward position. He also played for the Serbian national basketball team. Milojević is currently serving as a head coach of Mega Leks in the Basketball League of Serbia.
Contents
- Dejan milojevi and nikola ivanovi after the first game of the aba league finals
- Icefaces with dejan milojevic part 1 of 2
- Early years
- Professional career
- Career statistics
- National team
- Coaching career
- References
Icefaces with dejan milojevic part 1 of 2
Early years
Milojević was born and raised in Belgrade, and started playing basketball for a small team named Beovuk. He was quite a dominant figure while playing in youth leagues, once scoring 131 points in a single game, a still-standing record.
Professional career
His professional career began in 1998 with a first division club KK FMP from the Belgrade suburb of Železnik. While playing a couple of seasons for a club well known for its working with young players, the 6 ft 7 in Milojević became famous for his blue collar and never-quit style of playing. He averaged a double-double in both of his seasons with FMP, and won the league MVP award in 1999.
In 2000, Milojević moved to KK Budućnost Podgorica in Montenegro, where he won his first national championship in 2001. He spent three more seasons there, improving his skills and his game every year. Already a dominating inside presence, he improved his three-point and free-throw shooting, an area in which he struggled a lot in early years. While in Budućnost he won a couple more league MVP Awards, in 2003 and 2004.
After averaging 20.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in 2003–04, his third MVP season, Milojević decided he wanted to play in the Euroleague against the best players on the continent, so he signed with the three-time defending champion KK Partizan. Although Partizan underachieved in the competition, Milojević was his usual dominant self, averaging 20.8 ppg, 11.5 rpg, and just over 3 steals and assists per game. He was also the key player for Partizan's another title rout in the domestic league, as they lost only one game during the playoffs.
In the 2005–06 season, another rather weak year for Partizan in the Euroleague, Milojević had another double-double Euroleague season, scoring 16.4 ppg and grabbing 10 rebounds per game, also winning a couple of Player of the Week honors.
From Partizan, Milojević moved to the Spanish side Pamesa Valencia, where he played two seasons, finishing his international career with the Turkish club Galatasaray Café Crown in the 2008–09 season. He moved back to Partizan in 2009, but soon decided to end his career because of knee injury.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
National team
As far as the national team in concerned, Milojević won the gold medal in the 2001 European Championship in Turkey, and played for the national team in a few more occasions.
Coaching career
In October 2012, three years after retiring from the professional basketball, Milojević became the head coach of Serbian team Mega Vizura. In his first season with the team he had great success, leading his team to the semifinal of the Basketball League of Serbia, winning the place in the regional Adriatic League for the next season. In team's first ABA League season, he led the team to 8th place with 12-14 record.