Club: Samedicino, Georgia

Position: Krilni centar

Biography

- He was born in a family of sportsmen in the capital of Serbia - Belgrade.

- He has been training basketball since he was 13. He matured as a player in the Youth Basketball Club “Beograd”, where he went through the basketball school program in all selections (cadet, junior…).

- As cadet he played at the European Basketball Championship, France, and it was his last-minute basket which made his team the tournament winner.

- He has been a professional basketball player since age 18. So far he has been engaged exclusively by foreign basketball clubs. He played in Premier Leagues of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Greece …

- His standard position is 4, i.e. Power Forward. In case of need, for the sake of the club or the very game, he plays successfully position 5 - Center.

- Nemanja Ilić is a perspective descendant of the internationally famous Belgrade, i.e. (YU) Yugoslav, Serbian school of basketball, known for its appealing, efficient and successful basketball at the club, European, World and Olympic levels.

- Beside personal talent Nemanja Ilić has conquered all basketball techniques working with prominent first league coaches and coaches of different representations. His basketball experience has proven that Nemanja Ilić is a basketball player with an above average performance and efficiency, trustworthy, reliable and with other stable personal qualities.

We would like to mention only some of the characteristics of his basketball skills which recommend him for engagement in clubs with high level of quality play:

• Very good team player adequately subordinating his qualities to the spirit of the game;

• When necessary doing very good in the leadership position;

• Shows no tendency to violence, verbal duels and conflicts neither with the judges nor players of the opposing team.

• Good control over ball, controls the area inside the key, “aggressive” rebounder in defense, exceptional in team defense.

• "Gutsy" dribbler and hard driver, quick and fast.

• Good jumping ability in the first and second jump step with precise shooting from semi-distance and distance.

• Free throw rate of 82%, and averaging 13 points with more minutes per game.

• Excellent opening toward the basket, in “two-on-two” dueling, efficient in “one-on-one" dueling, dominates facing the basket.

• Good at ball passing and at pressing situations.

• Adapts quickly when entering the game as reserve player.

Improving further knowledge of all basketball elements and finesses also through advanced training with pro basketball coach Goran Stefanović.

They said for him ...

Words of Nemanja Ilić's pro basketball coach Goran Stefanović (cell phone: +381655031031):

Words of Spanish basketball coaches on TBCA basketball camp in Andora 2008: