Dušan Tanasković
Dušan Tanasković (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Танасковић, born February 23, 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom.
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| Position | Center / power forward | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 23, 2001 Smederevska Palanka, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2018–2022 | Partizan NIS | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | → Mladost Zemun | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Dunav | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Igokea | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | MZT Skopje | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career edit
Tanasković began his basketball career at the youth system with Partizan Belgrade. Prior to the 2018–19 season, Tanasković was loaned out to Mladost Zemun as a two-way affiliate player, making him available for the senior roster of Partizan. On December 22, 2018, Tanasković made his Adriatic League debut with Partizan in a home win over Cedevita, making no records in under 3 minutes of playing time.[1] On February 5, 2019, at age 17, he debuted in the EuroCup in a loss to Alba Berlin, recording 6 points and 2 rebounds in under 11 minutes of playing time.[2][3] On February 28, Tanasković signed his first professional contract for Partizan.[4] Through 20 games in the 2018–19 Serbian First League with Mladost Zemun, Tanasković averaged 8.2 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in 22 minutes per game.
In June 2022, Tanasković signed a 3-year contract with Igokea of the ABA League, joining his brother's team.[5]
National team career edit
Tanasković was a member of the Serbian under-16 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Montenegro. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.[6] He was a member of the Serbian under-17 team that participated at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Argentina. Over three tournament games, he averaged 9.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.[7]
Personal life edit
His older brother Nikola is a basketball player.
References edit
- ^ "ROUND 12, ABA liga, Season 2018/19, Partizan NIS Beograd 71–76 Cedevita Zagreb". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "2018-19 Top 16 Round 6 ALBA Berlin 97 Partizan NIS Belgrade 74". euroleague.net. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "CRNO-BELA BUDUĆNOST Dušan Tanasković ima samo 17 godina, ali će nastup Partizana u Berlinu pamtiti večno". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Partizan "zaključao" perspektivnog centra". mondo.rs. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Igokea m:tel extend contracts with Nikola Tanasković, Stefan Đorđević & James Robinson and confirm the transfer of Dušan Tanasković". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "2017 Serbia 14 - Dusan Tanaskovic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Dusan TANASKOVIC, Serbia 2017". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
External links edit
- Profile at realgm.com
- Profile at euroleague.net
- Profile at aba-liga.com