Miloš Vujanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Вујанић; born November 13, 1980) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. A two-time All-EuroLeague selection, he won the EuroLeague championship with Panathinaikos, in 2007.

Miloš Vujanić
Personal information
Born (1980-11-13) November 13, 1980 (age 44)
Loznica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2002: 2nd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career1999–2012
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2001Crvena zvezda
2001–2003Partizan
2003–2005Skipper Bologna
2005–2006Barcelona
2006–2007Panathinaikos
2007–2008Dynamo Moscow
2008–2009Efes Pilsen
2009–2010Murcia
2010–2011Panionios
As coach:
2012–2013Partizan (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2002 Indianapolis
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma de Mallorca
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing

Professional career

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Vujanić started his professional career with Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade), in 1999. After two seasons at the club, he signed with Partizan Belgrade, in the summer of 2001. In the 2002 NBA draft, Vujanić was selected with the 36th overall pick, by the New York Knicks, but later, his draft rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns.[1] However, he decided to stay with Partizan for one more season,[2] and he was the top scorer of the EuroLeague's 2002–03 season, averaging 25.8 points per game. In the summer of 2003, he moved to the Italian League, and signed a three-year deal with Skipper Bologna.

Vujanić ended up never playing in an NBA game and he is 1 of 9 players from the 2002 NBA Draft to never play a game in the league.

National team career

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With the senior FR Yugoslav national team, Vujanić won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, in Indianapolis. He was also a member of the senior Serbia and Montenegro national team (renamed from FR Yugoslavia national team) at the 2003 EuroBasket, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
Denotes seasons in which Vujanić won the EuroLeague
Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2001–02 Partizan 12 7 27.9 .455 .386 .750 3.0 2.8 .8 .1 13.5 10.5
2002–03 Partizan 14 12 34.3 .418 .408 .844 1.9 3.2 1.1 .0 25.8 24.0
2003–04 Fortitudo 20 16 29.2 .456 .385 .835 1.7 1.8 1.3 .0 16.3 13.6
2004–05 Fortitudo 20 20 29.3 .449 .338 .781 2.9 2.5 1.4 .1 16.6 16.1
2005–06 Barcelona 4 1 11.6 .400 .000 1.000 .3 1.0 .5 .0 2.5 1.0
2006–07 Panathinaikos 19 0 14.4 .347 .345 .771 .4 .7 .5 .0 5.6 2.5
2007–08 Panathinaikos 2 0 6.9 .666 1.000 .500 .0 .0 .0 .0 3.0 1.5
2008–09 Efes Pilsen 10 7 25.4 .507 .361 .800 1.8 1.7 1.0 .1 10.9 9.5
Career 101 63 25.5 .441 .370 .810 1.8 2.0 1.0 .0 14.0 11.9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Suns Complete 8-Player Trade with Knicks nba.com, January 5, 2004.
  2. ^ Krstic i Vujanic za B92: Ostajemo u Partizanu (in Serbian), b92.net, June 27, 2002.
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