Ilija Đoković

Ilija Đoković
No. 10 – Borac Čačak
Position Guard
League Basketball League of Serbia
ABA League Second Division
Personal information
Born (1996-01-05) January 5, 1996
Jagodina, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
NBA draft 2018 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2015 Jagodina
2015–2016 FMP Beograd
2016–present Borac Čačak
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
U18 European Championship
2014 TurkeyTeam
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
2012 Lithuania & LatviaTeam

Ilija Đoković (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Ђоковић, born 5 January 1996) is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently plays for Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Professional career

He started playing professional basketball for his hometown club Jagodina in the 2012–13 season. He stayed there for three seasons and signed with FMP Belgrade in March 2015, just before the final round of the Serbian First League season. During the 2015–16 season with FMP Belgrade, he averaged 6.4 points, 3.2 assists and 1.7 rebounds over 39 games.

In the summer of 2016, he signed a contract with Borac Čačak. In his first season with the club, he averaged 7.5 points, 2.7 assists and 1.8 rebounds over 40 league games.

Serbian national team

He was a member of Serbia national U18 team that won silver at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[1]

He represented the Serbian men's university basketball team at the 2017 Universiade held in Taiwan. In the tournament, Serbia was defeated by the United States in the semifinal game and eventually lost in the bronze-medal game to Latvia with 81–74.[2] The Basketball Federation of Serbia stated that a total of 24 talented young players refused to play for the Universiade Team Serbia, the highest in history.[3] However, despite many refusals to represent Serbia, the weakened roster made big success by getting the fourth place in the tournament.[3] Đoković was invited in the last minutes to form the latest spot and eventually was one of the team leaders.[3]

In November 2017, he was invited by the senior national team head coach Aleksandar Đorđević to represent Serbia in the 2019 World Cup qualifications.[4] He made debut for the senior national team on 25 November, in a game against Austria.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ivica Lončar (3 August 2014). "U18: Turci nastavili dominaciju" (in Serbian). mvp.rs.
  2. ↑ "Ništa od medalje, košarkaši izgubili od Letonaca meč za treće mesto na Univerzijadi". zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 29 August 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Velimirović, Igor (29 August 2017). "DA SE NAJEŽITE Sastavili tim za Univerzijadu u WC, došli bez para i bili četvrti na svetu". blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Velimirović, Igor (23 November 2017). "BIO JE HIT Slikao se u WC samo da bi igrao za Srbiju, nije imao za autobus, sada ga je Đorđević NAGRADIO". blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Србија победила Аустрију на старту квалификација за СП". kss.rs (in Serbian). 25 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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