Nemanja Gordić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Гордић; born September 25, 1988) is a Bosnian[1] professional basketball player for Spartak Office Shoes of the Basketball League of Serbia. He also represents the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally. Gordić also holds Serbian citizenship.
| Spartak Office Shoes | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Basketball League of Serbia |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 25, 1988 Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Bosnian / Serbian |
| Listed height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2010: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2010 | Budućnost |
| 2010–2012 | Lottomatica Roma |
| 2012 | Azovmash |
| 2012–2013 | Partizan |
| 2013–2014 | Igokea |
| 2014–2016 | Cedevita |
| 2016–2019 | Budućnost |
| 2019–2020 | Partizan |
| 2020–2022 | Mornar Bar |
| 2022–2023 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca |
| 2023 | Igokea |
| 2023–present | Spartak Office Shoes |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Professional career
editGordić made his professional debut with Budućnost Podgorica in the 2005–06 season. In December 2010, Gordić moved to Lottomatica Roma in Italy,[2] where he would spend the next two seasons.
In November 2012, after only three months at Azovmash of Ukraine, Gordić signed with Partizan until the end of the 2013–14 season.[3] In June 2013, he parted ways with Partizan.[4] In October 2013, he signed a one-year deal with KK Igokea.[5]
In June 2014, he signed a three-year deal with Cedevita Zagreb.[6] After two seasons he left Cedevita and returned to his former club Budućnost.[7]
In the 2017–18 season, Gordić won the ABA League title with Budućnost. After winning the series versus Crvena zvezda 1–3, Gordić was named ABA League Finals MVP.
On 5 July 2019, he returned to his former club Partizan.[8] Gordić averaged 8.8 points and 4.6 assists per game. He re-signed with the team on 16 July 2020.[9] Gordić left the team mid-season to join Mornar Bar, averaging 6.9 points and 4.5 assists per game. He re-signed with Mornar Bar on 14 August 2021.[10]
On November 13, 2022, he signed with Cluj of the Romanian Liga Națională.[11]
National team career
editGordić played for the senior national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the EuroBasket 2011, the EuroBasket 2013, and the EuroBasket 2015.
Personal life
editHe was born in 1988, in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia in a Serb family. When he was four, he and his family took refuge to Gacko, his mother's birth town.
Career statistics
edit| 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 |
EuroLeague
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Lottomatica | 6 | 1 | 22.6 | .413 | .467 | .667 | .3 | 2.5 | .2 | .0 | 9.7 | 4.5 |
| 2012–13 | Partizan | 5 | 1 | 11.2 | .350 | .143 | .000 | 2.0 | .6 | .4 | .0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| 2014–15 | Cedevita | 10 | 6 | 27.2 | .402 | .385 | .875 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 2.1 | .0 | 9.6 | 8.7 |
| 2015–16 | 21 | 18 | 19.1 | .382 | .250 | .810 | 1.3 | 3.1 | .3 | .0 | 4.6 | 3.4 | |
| 2018–19 | Budućnost | 30 | 18 | 23.3 | .387 | .304 | .714 | 1.7 | 3.6 | .6 | .0 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
| Career | 72 | 26 | 21.7 | .379 | .330 | .750 | 1.5 | 3.2 | .7 | .0 | 6.8 | 5.1 | |
Awards
edit- Sportsperson of the year in Republika Srpska, 2014[12]
- 2× ABA League champion (2013, 2018)
- 6× Montenegrin League champion (2007–2010, 2017, 2019)
- Serbian League champion (2013)
- 2× Croatian League champion (2015, 2016)
- Serbian Cup winner (2020)
- 7× Montenegrin Cup winner (2007–2010, 2017–2019)
- 2× Croatian Cup winner (2015, 2016)
- ABA League Finals MVP (2018)
- All-ABA League Team (2018)
- ABA League Supercup (2019)
References
edit- ^ "U Cedeviti je bolje nego u Partizanu i Romi". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Večernji list. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Lottomatica Roma lands Gordic in backcourt". Euroleague.net. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Partizan brings in point guard Gordic". euroleague.net. November 13, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ "Milosavljević ostaje, Gordić odlazi". Novosti.rs (in Serbian). 27 June 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Igokea part ways with Mays and Fraser, sign Nemanja Gordic". Sportando.net. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Cedevita Zagreb signs Nemanja Gordic". Sportando.com. June 1, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ "Nemanja Gordić is back in Budućnost VOLI". aba-liga.com. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "Povratak Gordića". kkpartizan.rs. 5 July 2019.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (16 July 2020). "KK Partizan Belgrade re-signs Nemanja Gordic". Sportando. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (August 14, 2021). "KK Mornar Bar keeps Nemanja Gordic". Sportando. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (November 13, 2022). "Nemanja Gordic joins U-BT Cluj-Napoca". Sportando. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "Немања Гордић спортиста године у Српској" (in Serbian). РТРС. 2014-12-18.
External links
edit- Nemanja Gordić at aba-liga.com
- Nemanja Gordić at euroleague.net
- Nemanja Gordić at fiba.com
- Nemanja Gordić at fiba.com (game-center)