Nebojša Ilić (basketball)
 Nebojša Ilić in 2015 | |
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | |
|---|---|
| Position | Team Manager |
| League | Basketball League of Serbia Adriatic League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 26, 1968 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 1990: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1985–1997 |
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Number | 5, 7 |
| Career history | |
| 1985–1993 | Crvena zvezda |
| 1993–1995 | Cáceres |
| 1995–1997 | Crvena zvezda |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Nebojša "Neša" Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша "Неша" Илић; born 26 February 1968) is a Serbian basketball executive and former player. He is currently serving as the team manager for Crvena zvezda and the Serbia national basketball team.
Playing career[edit]
Crvena zvezda (1985–1993, 1995–1997)[edit]
Ilić spent most of his professional career in his hometown-based team Crvena zvezda. Ilić holds the Yugoslav Association League record for points in one game. On November 21, 1992, in a game against Vojvodina, he scored 71 points and set the league record.[1]
After the 1996–97 season, Ilić retires from professional basketball. In ten seasons with the Zvezda, he played 304 games (tied with Zoran Slavnić) and scored 4,732 points.[2]
Cáceres (1993–1995)[edit]
Ilić had a stint with Spanish team Cáceres. He played two Liga ACB seasons there.[3] The most important achievement there was the semifinals of the 1994–95 FIBA Korać Cup.
National team career[edit]
Youth[edit]
Ilić was a member of the gold medal-winning Yugoslav cadet team at the 1985 European Championship for Cadets in Ruse, Bulgaria. Over seven tournament games as the team's leading scorer, he averaged 20.4 points per game.[4]
One year later, Ilić made the Yugoslavia national under-18 team at the 1986 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Austria. Playing on the gold-winning team, over seven tournament games, he averaged the team-leading 15.0 points per game.[5]
Ilić was a member of the Yugoslavia national under-19 team that won the gold medal at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Bormio, Italy. Over six tournament games as the team's leading scorer, he averaged 15.3 points per game.[6]
In each of the three tournaments, Svetislav Pešić was the head coach, while Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Radenko Dobraš, and Slaviša Koprivica were his teammates.
Basketball executive career[edit]
Crvena zvezda (2001–present)[edit]
Ilić have been serving as a team manager of Crvena zvezda since 2001.[3] On September 19, 2017, he became a sports director of the Zvezda.[7] He left the sports director office in October 2019.
As a staff manager of the Zvezda, Ilić won as follows:
- 7 Serbian League championships (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22),
- 8 National Cup tournaments (2004, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022).
- 6 Adriatic League championships (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022), and
- 1 Adriatic Supercup tournament (2018).
Serbia national team (2010–present)[edit]
In 2010, Ilić joined the Serbia national basketball team's staff as the team manager. Since then, he worked with four head coaches; Dušan Ivković, Aleksandar Đorđević, Igor Kokoškov, and current Svetislav Pešić.
Ilić won four silver medals with the national team: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2016 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 2017 and 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
See also[edit]
- KK Crvena zvezda accomplishments and records
- List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played
- List of Liga ACB annual free throw percentage leaders
References[edit]
- ^ "Nebojša Ilić: Šuter kakvih danas nema". novosti.rs. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Želja mi je da ojačamo, a ne da oslabimo državu". politika.rs. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Dve karijere Nebojše Neše Ilića". rts.rs. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "1985 Yugoslavia Cadets - #9 - Nebojsa Ilic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "1986 Yugoslavia Juniors #6 - Nebojsa Ilic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "1987 Yugoslavia Juniors #6 - Nebojsa Ilic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Nebojša Ilić novi sportski direktor Crvene zvezde mts". kkcrvenazvezda.rs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
External links[edit]
- Nebojša Ilić at Crvena zvezda website
- Nebojša Ilić at ACB League website
- Na današnji dan: Rođen Nebojša Ilić
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Belgrade
- KK Crvena Zvezda executives
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- Liga ACB players
- Serbian basketball executives and administrators
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Shooting guards
- Yugoslav men's basketball players
- Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain