Nemanja Đurić
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
18 June 1936 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Listed height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1955–1972 |
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| Number | 11, 14 |
| Coaching career | 1970–1976 |
| Career history | |
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| 1955 | Crvena zvezda |
| 1956–? | Radnički Belgrade |
| 1967–1968 | Noalex Venezia |
| 1968–1970 | Crvena zvezda |
| 1970–1972 | Oriolik Sl. Brod |
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| 1970–? | Oriolik Sl. Brod |
| 1973–1974 | Crvena zvezda (assistant) |
| 1974–1976 | Crvena zvezda |
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Nemanja Đurić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Ђурић; June 18, 1936), is a Serbian former professional basketball player and former coach.
Đurić was raised in a sports family. His father and uncle played football for Slavija in Belgrade. He has trained many sports, played football for Šumadija Belgrade, after which he moved to handball club Hero, and later moved to volleyball club Partizan where he stays for a longer period and played for all youth selections. Đurić started to play basketball at the urging of his friend Slobodan Ivković.
Đurić made his first basketball steps in Crvena zvezda when he was 19. The club felt that he was too old, so he went to Radnički Belgrade.
Đurić played in Italy for Noalex Venezia in 1967–68 season. After that he return to Crvena zvezda and won Yugoslav League in 1968–69 season along with Vladimir Cvetković, Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Ljubodrag Simonović and others. Also, he played in 1969–70 European Champions Cup. Later, he played for Oriolik from Slavonski Brod.
As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Đurić has played from 1959 to 1967. He participated in two World Championships (1963 in Brazil and 1967 in Uruguay) and four European Championships (1959 in Turkey, 1961 in Yugoslavia, 1963 in Poland and 1965 in Soviet Union) and two Summer Olympics (1960 in Rome and 1964 in Tokyo). Đurić won two silver medals at World Championships, as well as two sliver medals (1961 and 1965) and one bronze (1963) at European Championships. Also, he won a gold medal at 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon.
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