Dejan Milojević

Dejan Milojević

Position	Power forward
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	254 lb (115 kg)
Born	April 15, 1977 (1977-04-15) (age 34) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Pro career	1997–2009
Career history	Beovuk (1997–1998) FMP Železnik (1998–2000) Budućnost Podgorica (2000–2004) Partizan Belgrade (2004–2006) Pamesa Valencia (2006–2008) Galatasaray Café Crown (2008–2009) Partizan Belgrade (2009)

Medal record
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
European Championships
Gold	2001 Turkey	FR Yugoslavia

Dejan Milojević (Serbian: Дејан Милојевић; born April 15, 1977 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player.

Milojević was born and raised in Belgrade, and started playing basketball for a small club named KK Beovuk 72. He was quite a dominant figure while playing in youth leagues, once scoring 131 points in a single game, a still-standing record.

His professional career began in 1998 with a first division club KK FMP from the Belgrade suburb of Železnik. While playing a couple of seasons for a club well known for its working with young players, the 6 ft 7 in Milojević became famous for his blue collar and never-quit style of playing. He averaged a double-double in both of his seasons with FMP, and won the league MVP award in 1999.

In 2000, Milojević moved to KK Budućnost Podgorica in Montenegro, where he won his first national championship in 2001. He spent three more seasons there, improving his skills and his game every year. Already a dominating inside presence, he improved his three-point and free-throw shooting, an area in which he struggled a lot in early years. While in Budućnost he won a couple more league MVP Awards, in 2003 and 2004.

After averaging 20.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in 2003–04, his third MVP season, Milojević decided he wanted to play in the Euroleague against the best players on the continent, so he signed with the three-time defending champion KK Partizan. Although Partizan underachieved in the competition, Milojević was his usual dominant self, averaging 20.8 ppg, 11.5 rpg, and just over 3 steals and assists per game. He was also the key player for Partizan's another title rout in the domestic league, as they lost only one game during the playoffs.

In the 2005–06 season, another rather weak year for Partizan in the Euroleague, Milojević had another double-double Euroleague season, scoring 16.4 ppg and grabbing 10 rebounds per game, also winning a couple of Player of the Week honors.

From Partizan, Milojević moved to the Spanish side Pamesa Valencia, where he played two seasons, finishing his international career with the Turkish club Galatasaray Café Crown in the 2008–09 season. He moved back to Partizan in 2009, but soon decided to end his career because of knee injury.

As far as the national team in concerned, Milojević won the gold medal in the 2001 European Championship in Turkey, and played for the national team in a few more occasions.

External links

• Euroleague.net
• Galatasaray.org

Awards
Preceded by Kenyan Weaks	Most Valuable Player of Adriatic League 2004 2005 2006	Succeeded by Milan Gurović

Persondata
Name	Milojevic
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 15, 1977
Place of birth	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
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