Nemanja Bezbradica

Nemanja Bezbradica
No. 29 – VEF Rīga
Position Power forward
League Latvian Basketball League
VTB United League
Personal information
Born (1993-03-29) March 29, 1993
Knin, Croatia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 OKK Beograd
2012–2013 BKK Radnički
2013–2015 Partizan
2016 Zrinjski Mostar
2016–present VEF Riga
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Serbia
Men's Basketball
U18 European Championship
2011 Poland Team
U16 European Championship
2009 Lithuania Team
Men's Basketball 3x3
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore Team competition

Nemanja Bezbradica (Serbian: Немања Безбрадица, born March 29, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for VEF Riga of the Latvian Basketball League.

Professional career

Bezbradica started his career in OKK Beograd. He spent there one season, averaging 5.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in the Serbian League, and 8.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in the BIBL. Next season, he signed for BKK Radnički. In the 2012–13 Basketball League of Serbia, he averaged 9.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in 27 games for Crusaders.

In September 2013, Bezbradica signed a multi-year contract with Partizan Belgrade.[1] In his first season with Partizan, he won the Basketball League of Serbia defeating arch rivals Crvena zvezda with 3-1 in the final series.[2] In July 2015, he left Partizan.[3]

On December 27, 2015, Bezbradica signed with Zrinjski Mostar of the Bosnian League for the rest of the season.[4] On March 8, 2016, he left Zrinjski and signed with Italian club Varese.[5] However, he never played in a official game for Varese.

On 12 September 2016, Bezbradica signed a two-month deal with Latvian club VEF Riga.[6]

Serbian national team

Bezbradica represented Serbian national team at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Poland and won a silver medal. He averaged 8.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

References

  1. ↑ "Partizan se sprema za sezonu, Bezbradica novo pojačanje" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. September 26, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ništa novo, Partizan je šampion!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Partizan ne računa na Bezbradicu". Novosti.rs (in Serbian). 31 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nemanja Bezbradica novo pojačanje". hkkzrinjski.info. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pallacanestro Varese signs Nemanja Bezbradica". Sportando.com. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "VEF Riga adds Nemanja Bezbradica". vefriga.com. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.


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