Miloš Vujanić

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 43) Loznica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2002: 2nd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1999–2012
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career	2012–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2001	Crvena zvezda
2001–2003	Partizan
2003–2005	Skipper Bologna
2005–2006	Barcelona
2006–2007	Panathinaikos
2007–2008	Dynamo Moscow
2008–2009	Efes Pilsen
2009–2010	Murcia
2010–2011	Panionios
As coach:
2012–2013	Partizan (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player EuroLeague champion (2007) 2× FR Yugoslav League champion (2002, 2003) LBA champion (2005) GBL champion (2007) TBSL champion (2009) Yugoslav Cup winner (2002) Greek Cup winner (2007) Turkish Cup winner (2009) 2× All-EuroLeague Second Team (2003, 2004) EuroLeague Top Scorer (2003) EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer (2004)
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing FR Yugoslavia FIBA World Cup 2002 Indianapolis Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca 2001 Beijing

Professional career

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

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

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

• List of NBA drafted players from Serbia
• New York Knicks draft history

References

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.

External links

• Miloš Vujanić at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Miloš Vujanić at archive.fiba.com
• Miloš Vujanić at draftexpress.com
• Miloš Vujanić at euroleague.net
• Miloš Vujanić at fibaeurope.com
• Miloš Vujanić at legabasket.it (in Italian)