Miroslav "Mića" Berić (; born January 20, 1973) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.00 m (6'6 ") 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.

Miroslav Berić

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

Miroslav Berić

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.

Miroslav Berić

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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| 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.

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

Miroslav Berić at legabasket.it

1973 births

Living people

Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

BC Azovmash players

BC Žalgiris players

FIBA EuroBasket-winning players

Gijón Baloncesto players

KK Partizan players

Liga ACB players

Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Menorca Bàsquet players

Olympic basketball players for Serbia and Montenegro

Olympic medalists in basketball

Olympic silver medalists for Serbia and Montenegro

Panellinios B.C. players

Saski Baskonia players

Scaligera Basket Verona players

Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece

Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy

Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania

Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain

Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine

Serbian men's basketball players

Shooting guards

Basketball players from Belgrade

Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players

FIBA World Championship-winning players

1998 FIBA World Championship players

Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players

Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece

Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania