Miroslav Berić

Template:Short description Template:Template other Miroslav "Mića" Berić (Template:Lang-sr-cyr; born January 20, 1973) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.00 m (6'6 Template:3/4") tall, he played at the shooting guard position.

Professional career

Berić was the top scorer of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, averaging 23.3 points per game, while playing with Partizan. He also played for Tau Vitoria, Müller Verona, Scavolini Pesaro, Žalgiris, Panellinios, Azovmash, Llanera Menorca and Gijón.

After being without a club for more than a year, Berić announced his retirement from basketball in June 2008.

Yugoslav national team

Berić was a regular member of the senior Yugoslav national team, during the 1990s. He won two FIBA EuroBasket gold medals, in 1995 and 1997, as well as the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Template:Euroleague player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Pesaro | 16 || 11 || 28.6 || .397 || .387 || .807 || 1.6 || 1.9 || .6 || .0 || 13.0 || 10.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| Žalgiris | 9 || 5 || 23.6 || .500 || .419 || .625 || 1.3 || 1.7 || .3 || .0 || 9.8 || 6.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 25 || 16 || 26.8 || .428 || .396 || .766 || 1.5 || 1.8 || .5 || .0 || 11.8 || 9.2 |}

Post-playing career

Soon after his retirement, in July 2008, Berić was hired as the team manager of the senior Serbian national team. The hiring took place at the invitation of the team's head coach Dušan Ivković.

He quit the job in 2011.

Political engagement

Berić participated in the 2023 Belgrade City Assembly election as a candidate of the Serbia Against Violence opposition coalition and was elected to the City Assembly.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in basketball

External links

• Miroslav Berić at fiba.com
• Miroslav Berić at fibaeurope.com
• Miroslav Berić at euroleague.net
• Miroslav Berić at acb.com Template:In lang
• Miroslav Berić at legabasket.it Template:In lang