Nemanja Arnautović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Арнаутовић; born 14 March 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player.

Professional career

Arnautović played for Hemofarm, Mega Basket, Budućnost, Crvena zvezda,[1][2] Sloboda Užice, Klik, and Crnokosa.

National team career

In August 2006, Arnautović was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro U16 national team that won a bronze medal at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Spain. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 0.9 points and 0.1 rebounds per game.[3]

In July 2010, Arnautović was a member of the Serbia U-20 national team at the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Croatia. Over nine tournament games, he averaged 3.3 points and 0.6 rebounds per game.[4] Thereafter, he represented the Serbia at the 2013 Mediterranean Games,[5] with whom he won the silver medal.

Personal life

His surname derives from Arnaut, the Ottoman Turkish ethnonym for Albanians.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Nikolić i Arnautović na Malom Kalemegdanu". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Arnautović više nije košarkaš Zvezde". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. ^ "2006 U16 - Serbia & Montenegro #9 - Nemanja Arnautovic". fiba.com. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. ^ "2010 U20 Serbia #10 - Nemanja Arnautovic". fiba.com. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Popović odredio tim za Mediteranske igre". sportskacentrala.com (in Serbian). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. ^ Mladenovic, M (1976). "Family names of Osmanli origin in Bosnia and Herzegovina". In Berkes, Niyazi; Little, Donald (eds.). Essays on Islamic Civilization: Presented to Niyazi Berkes. Brill. p. 258. ISBN 9004044647.


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