Mihajlo Manović

Mihajlo Manović

Personal information
Born	(1948-04-04) 4 April 1948 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian / Croatian
Listed height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1970: undrafted
Playing career	1966–N/A
Position	Point guard
Career history
1966–1967	Radnički Beograd
1967–1977	Split / Jugoplastika
0	Dalvin
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× FIBA Korać Cup winner (1976, 1977) 2× Yugoslav League champion (1971, 1977) 3× Yugoslav Cup winner (1972, 1974, 1977)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Yugoslavia European Championship for Juniors 1966 Italy Team 1968 Spain Team

Mihajlo Manović (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Мановић; born 4 April 1948) is a Serbian–Croatian former professional basketball coach and player.

Playing career

Manović played the majority of his career with Jugoplastika, most notably winning the 1970–71 and 1976–77 national league titles. Intercontinentally, Manović finished second in the 1971–72 FIBA European Champions Cup and 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup and won back-to-back FIBA Korać Cup titles in 1975–76 and 1976–77.

National team career

In August 1966, Manović was a member of the Yugoslavia junior team that won a silver medal at the European Championship for Junior Men in Porto San Giorgio, Italy. Over four tournament games, he averaged 1.3 points per game. To years later, in August 1968, he was a member of the junior national team that a silver medal at the same championship in Vigo, Spain. Over six tournament games, he averaged 5.6 points per game.

Personal life

In May 2007, his son Jovan (also a professional basketball player) was murdered in Belgrade, Serbia.