Milko Bjelica

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Bjelica with Anadolu Efes

Milko Bjelica (Template:Lang-sr-cyr; born 4 June 1984) is a Serbian-born Montenegrin professional basketball player for Saitama Broncos of the B.League.

Professional career

He began his professional career with Crvena zvezda, where he spent five seasons. He then played in Germany with Phantoms Braunschweig and Köln 99ers. In 2008 he signed with Lietuvos rytas, and made his EuroLeague debut during the 2009–10 season.

In July 2011 he signed a two-year deal with Saski Baskonia. On 28 October 2013 he re-signed with Saski Baskonia on a short-term deal. On 30 December 2013 he signed with the Turkish Euroleague team Anadolu Efes for the remainder of the season. On 9 July 2014 he extended his contract with Efes for two more years. On 22 June 2015 he left Efes and signed with Darüşşafaka for the 2015–16 season.

On 8 September 2016 Bjelica returned to Crvena zvezda, signing a two-year contract. On 17 April 2018, after parting ways with Crvena zvezda, Bjelica returned to Spain, signing with Basket Zaragoza for the remainder of the season.

On January 5, 2024, Bjelica signed with Tainan TSG GhostHawks of the T1 League. On June 28, Bjelica signed with Saitama Broncos of the B.League.

Career statistics

Led the league

Euroleague

Template:Euroleague player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Lietuvos Rytas | 10 || 2 || 21.5 || .462 || .154 || .667 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .4 || .2 || 11.8 || 9.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | 16 || 10 || 26.1 || .533 || .279 || .727 || 4.7 || 1.4 || .7 || .4 || 12.3 || 12.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3| Baskonia | 8 || 2 || 23.7 || .492 || .294 || .842 || 3.9 || .8 || .8 || .1 || 10.6 || 9.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13 | 27 || 19 || 17.3 || .406 || .378 || .750 || 2.7 || 1.2 || .5 || .2 || 5.4 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | 8 || 3 || 21.3 || .594 || .353 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.952 || 4.4 || 1.3 || .3 || .4 || 12.8 || 13.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Anadolu Efes | 14 || 3 || 22.8 || .459 || .270 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.913 || 2.5 || 1.2 || .6 || .1 || 9.4 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | 28 || 7 || 16.2 || .462 || .415 || .736 || 2.5 || .8 || .2 || .3 || 7.8 || 6.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Darüşşafaka | 24 || 6 || 19.1 || .434 || .354 || .679 || 3.4 || .8 || .4 || .1 || 7.5 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda | 30 || 1 || 15.6 || .385 || .193 || .795 || 3.0 || 1.1 || .5 || .3 || 7.4 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda | 29 || 29 || 26.0 || .397 || .297 || .703 || 3.7 || 1.3 || .4 || .2 || 9.2 || 8.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 194 || 82 || 20.2 || .446 || .305 || .750 || 3.3 || 1.1 || .4 || .2 || 8.6 || 8.1 |}

Personal life

Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, he internationally represents Montenegro, where his grandfather is from. One of his sisters, Milka, is also a basketball player, while another, Ana is a Serbian volleyball player.

See also

• List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played

External links

• Milko Bjelica at aba-liga.com
• Milko Bjelica at euroleague.net
• Milko Bjelica at fiba.com
• Milko Bjelica at tblstat.net