Borià ¡a Simanià(, born 20 March 1998) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Igokea m:tel of the Bosnian League and the ABA League. Standing at 2.11 m, he plays at the power forward position. He also represents the Serbian national team in international competitions.
Borià ¡a moved to the Crvena zvezda's youth system in December 2013 from BuduÃÂnost Bijeljina, making his senior team debut at Crvena zvezda during the 2015âÂÂ16 season. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2016 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament Finals in 2016.
Simaniàmade his first EuroLeague appearance on 22 October 2015 in a 71âÂÂ98 loss to Real Madrid, tallying ten points and four rebounds in 28 minutes of action. He was a member of the World Select Team that played in the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon on 7 April 2017. Coming off the bench, Simaniàrecorded two points, two rebounds and two blocked shots in 10:17 minutes of play.
In August 2017, SimaniÃÂ was once again loaned to FMP. On 26 June 2019, SimaniÃÂ signed a two-year extension for Crvena zvezda. In March 2021, the Zvezda parted ways with him.
In April 2021, SimaniÃÂ signed for Mega Basket.
In July 2022, SimaniÃÂ played for the Utah Jazz during the 2022 NBA Summer League.
On 20 July 2022, SimaniÃÂ signed with Spanish club Casademont Zaragoza.
On 19 September 2023, he announced his retirement of playing basketball.
In September 2024, SimaniÃÂ signed with the Bosnian Igokea returning to professional basketball after a year after his kidney injury. In June 2025, SimaniÃÂ was signed to a one-year contract extension with the team.
SimaniÃÂ competed for the Serbian junior national teams at the 2013 under-16 European Championships, winning a silver medal at the event. One year later, he averaged 10.2 points, 4.3 boards and 1.3 blocked shots a contest throughout the tournament in Latvia.
In 2015, SimaniÃÂ represented the Serbian under-18 squad at the European Championships and the under-19 team at the World Championships.
On 30 August 2023, while playing against South Sudan in 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, SimaniÃÂ was struck in the kidney by Nuni Omot while defending the basket. This blow resulted in a major injury which required his kidney to be removed.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015âÂÂ16 | style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda | 7 || 0 || 7.5 || .500 || .286 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 2.0 || 2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016âÂÂ17 | style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda | 3 || 2 || 5.6 || .200 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019âÂÂ20 | style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda | 20 || 18 || 12.4 || .625 || .516 || .500 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 4.0 || 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020âÂÂ21 | style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda | 3 || 0 || 4.2 || .000 || .500 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 10 || 2 || 7.0 || .400 || .222 || 1.000 || 1.0 || .1 || .1 || .2 || 1.6 || 1.3