Miroslav Berić

Miroslav "Mića" Berić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав "Мића" Берић; born January 20, 1973) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.00 m (6'6 3⁄4") tall, he played at the shooting guard position.

Miroslav Berić

Personal information
Born	(1973-01-20) January 20, 1973 (age 51) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1995: undrafted
Playing career	1990–2007
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
1990–1997	Partizan
1997–1999	Tau Cerámica
1999–2000	Müller Verona
2000–2001	Partizan
2001–2003	Scavolini Pesaro
2003–2004	Žalgiris
2004–2005	Panellinios
2005–2006	Azovmash
2006	Llanera Menorca
2007	Gijón
Career highlights and awards
FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer (2001) Spanish Cup winner (1999) 3× Yugoslav League champion (1995–1997) 2× Yugoslav Cup winner (1994, 1995) Lithuanian League champion (2004)
Medals Representing  Yugoslavia Men's basketball Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta National team FIBA World Cup 1998 Greece National team FIBA EuroBasket 1995 Greece National team 1997 Spain National team

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

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2001–02	Pesaro	16	11	28.6	.397	.387	.807	1.6	1.9	.6	.0	13.0	10.6
2003–04	Žalgiris	9	5	23.6	.500	.419	.625	1.3	1.7	.3	.0	9.8	6.6
Career		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.^[1][2]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in basketball

References

1. Beograd, N1 (2023-11-11). "N1 saznaje: Ko su prvih deset na listi "Srbija protiv nasilja" u Beogradu". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. Savić, Danilo (2023-11-12). "OTKRIVAMO Ovo je ceo spisak kandidata "Srbije protiv nasilja" u Beogradu". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-12.

External links

• Miroslav Berić at fiba.com
• Miroslav Berić at fibaeurope.com
• Miroslav Berić at euroleague.net
• Miroslav Berić at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Miroslav Berić at legabasket.it (in Italian)