Miško Ražnatović

Miško Ražnatović
Born (1966-09-16) September 16, 1966
Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Residence Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality Serbian
Education University of Belgrade
Occupation Lawyer, Basketball agent
Basketball career
Career information
NBA draft 1988 / Undrafted
Playing career 1984–2004
Career history
1986–1987 Ulcinj
1987–1989 Radnički Belgrade
00 Napredak Kruševac
00 FMP
?–2004 Banjica

Miodrag "Miško" Ražnatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг "Мишко" Ражнатовић; born September 16, 1966) is a Serbian lawyer and sports agent and former professional basketball player. He is Chairman, CEO and founder of the BeoBasket agency[1] and the FIBA Certified agent[2] and owns a basketball club Mega Basket that competes in the Basketball League of Serbia and Adriatic League.

As one of the most respected and influential basketball agents in the entire industry, Ražnatović negotiated and completed some of the most important deals in Europe over the past decade.[2][3][4]

Playing career

Ražnatović played for Napredak Kruševac, FMP, Radnički Belgrade, Ulcinj.[4]

Ražnatović earned his law degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 1988. Four year later he opened his Law Office. In the beginning of he was an attorney of Kristijan Golubović and Jadranka Šešelj among others.[5]

Also, he represented Serbian football manager Radomir Antić in his late 2009 contract negotiations with Football Association of Serbia (FSS).[6]

Basketball agent

Through his agency, he mostly represents European basketball players and coaches as well as American players playing in Europe. He represents many highest paid European basketball stars in Euroleague. His notable clients include Vassilis Spanoulis, Duško Savanović, Aleksandar Ćapin, Marko Kešelj, Nihad Đedović, Novica Veličković, Miro Bilan, Maik Zirbes, Léo Westermann, Milenko Tepić, Aleksandar Rašić, Raško Katić, İlkan Karaman, Emir Preldžić, Marko Simonović, Andrija Žižić, coach Dušan Ivković, etc.[7][2] Ražnatović was additionally involved in the Deron Williams' transfer to Beşiktaş during the 2011 NBA lockout.[8]

He represented or represents many former and active NBA players:

Reference

  1. ↑ "BeoBasket - About us". beobasket.net. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "BeoBasket (Misko Raznatovic)". hoopsagents.com. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Impresivna lista košarkaša koje zastupa Miško Ražnatović". ba.n1info.com. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "ARKANOV ROĐAK NAJMOĆNIJI JE MENADŽER BALKANA 'Moj štićenik Šarić sigurno odmah odlazi iz Cibone'". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Miško Ražnatović, advokat i sportski menadžer - Čovek koji je udomio 700 košarkaša!". ekapija.com. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Turci nudili Antiću četiri puta više para". politika.rs. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Misko Raznatovic Client List". realgm.com. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Nets Star Has Deal to Play in Turkey;The New York Times, 7 July 2011
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