Dejan Milojevic

Background

Milojević was born and raised in Belgrade, and started playing basketball for a small team named Beovuk.

Career

He also played for the Serbian national basketball team Milojević is currently serving as a head coach of Mega Leks in the Basketball League of Serbia. He was quite a dominant figure while playing in youth leagues, once scoring 131 points in a single game, a still-standing record.

His professional career began in 1998 with a first division club KK FMP from the Belgrade suburb of Železnik.

He spent three more seasons there, improving his skills and his game every year. Already a dominating inside presence, he improved his three-point and free-throw shooting, an area in which he struggled a lot in early years.

Although Partizan underachieved in the competition, Milojević was his usual dominant self, averaging 20.8 ppg, 11.5 rpg, and just over 3 steals and assists per game. He was also the key player for Partizan"s another title rout in the domestic league, as they lost only one game during the playoffs.

In the 2005-2006 season, another rather weak year for Partizan in the Euroleague, Milojević had another double-double Euroleague season, scoring 16.4 ppg and grabbing 10 rebounds per game, also winning a couple of Player of the Week honors.

From Partizan, Milojević moved to the Spanish side Pamesa Valencia, where he played two seasons, finishing his international career with the Turkish club Galatasaray Café Crown in the 2008-2009 season. He moved back to Partizan in 2009, but soon decided to end his career because of knee injury.

Achievements

• While playing a couple of seasons for a club well known for its working with young players, the 6 ft 7 in Milojević became famous for his blue collar and never-quit style of playing. He averaged a double-double in both of his seasons with FMP, and won the league Most Valuable Player award in 1999. In 2000, Milojević moved to KK Budućnost Podgorica in Montenegro, where he won his first national championship in 2001. While in Budućnost he won a couple more league Most Valuable Player Awards, in 2003 and 2004. After averaging 20.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in 2003-2004, his third Most Valuable Player season, Milojević decided he wanted to play in the Euroleague against the best players on the continent, so he signed with the three-time defending champion KK Partizan.