Dragan MilosavljeviÃÂ (; born May 11, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player and team captain for Igokea m:tel of the Bosnian League and the ABA League. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Milosavljeviàbegan his career in Napredak Kruà ¡evac where he played until 2009. He was signed by RadniÃÂki Kragujevac in 2009. He stayed there for one season, playing in the Serbian League and ABA League. In the ABA League, he averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game for RadniÃÂki.
On June 28, 2010, he signed a three-year deal with Partizan. In his first season in Partizan, he won the Adriatic League, Serbian League and Radivoj KoraÃÂ Cup. In the EuroLeague, MilosavljeviÃÂ averaged 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, while in the ABA League he averaged 6.9 points and 3 rebounds per game.
In his second season, Milosavljeviàhelped his club to defend titles in Serbian League and Radivoj KoraàCup. In the 2011âÂÂ12 Euroleague season, he averaged 8.2 points and 3.7 rebounds in 10 games of group stage. In the 2011âÂÂ12 Adriatic League season, Milosavljeviàaveraged 8.3 points and 3.6 rebounds over 27 games. On July 4, 2012, he extended his contract for two more seasons with Partizan.
Next season, Milosavljeviàwon the Serbian League for the third time and he was named the MVP of the finals. In the 2012âÂÂ13 Euroleague, he scored a career-high of 9.9 points per game. In the Adriatic League he helped his team to return the title after a one-year break averaging 6.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
Despite some financial difficulties the club was facing in the summer of 2013, Milosavljeviàdecided to stay with Partizan. Then, after the departure of team captain Vladimir LuÃÂiÃÂ, he became the next team captain. Along with Léo Westermann and Bogdan Bogdanoviàhe was supposed to lead the backcourt of Partizan in the upcoming season. In a second game of the 2013âÂÂ14 Euroleague season against JSF Nanterre, he scored 26 points, while also pulling down 6 rebounds, to help his team win by huge margin. In the Euroleague game against Maccabi Tel Aviv on January 24, he has torn ACL on his right knee, which sidelined him for the remainder of the season. He was expected to return on court in six to eight months. In his first season as captain of Partizan, he averaged career-high 12.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in the 2013âÂÂ14 Euroleague, while also averaging 12.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 17 games of the 2013âÂÂ14 Adriatic League season.
On August 5, 2014, MilosavljeviÃÂ extended his contract for one more season with the club. In December 2014, he returned on the court after ten months of absence due to the injury. The rest of the season, he averaged 11 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1 assist over ABA League 20 games.
On June 25, 2015, Milosavljeviàsigned a two-year contract with the German club Alba Berlin. On October 1, he debuted for the team in 74âÂÂ54 win over ratiopharm Ulm in Round 1 of the German League; he had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Alba Berlin eventually lost in the quarterfinal series of 2016 BBL Playoffs with 3âÂÂ0 to Skyliners Frankfurt. In the German League, he averaged 12.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 35 games. In 2015âÂÂ16 Eurocup season, Milosavljeviàappeared in 17 games, averaging 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
In 2016âÂÂ17 season, Alba Berlin was once again stopped in the quarterfinal series of 2017 BBL Playoffs with 3âÂÂ1 to Bayern Munich. In 30 games of the German League, Milosavljeviàaveraged 12.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. 2016âÂÂ17 EuroCup season, Milosavljeviàaveraged 12.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists over 14 games.
In July 2017, he signed a contract with the Spanish team Unicaja Málaga. In his first season with the club, he appeared in 27 EuroLeague games and averaged 6.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. In ACB League, he averaged 4.5 points per game.
In 2018âÂÂ19 season, he averaged 6.2 points and 2.6 assists in 19 EuroCup appearances for Unicaja. In 37 ACB League games, he had similar production, averaging 6.6 points per game.
On June 12, 2019, MilosavljeviÃÂ signed a two-year contract extension with Unicaja. In August 2019, while representing Serbia in a game against Turkey, as part of preparations for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, MilosavljeviÃÂ suffered ACL tear in his left knee, which was estimated to keep him off the court at least until 2020. In November 2020, he returned to trainings after a 15-month break. However, he did not play in a single game during that season. On February 17, 2021, the club parted ways with MilosavljeviÃÂ.
On April 2, 2021, he signed a contract with Mega Soccerbet of the Basketball League of Serbia. MilosavljeviÃÂ did not play in a single game during the time at Mega Basket, making him without any official game played for the entire two seasons.
On July 6, 2021, Milosavljeviàsigned with Bursaspor Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroCup. He appeared in three games with the club, in which he had a limited role. On November 22, 2021, he signed with Urbas Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB. Over 20 league games, he averaged 8.4 points while shooting 40.1% from the field.
In October 2022, MilosavljeviÃÂ signed a contract with Mega Basket, where he stayed for a couple of months.
On December 30, 2022, he switched to the Bosnian team Igokea, participating in the same league. Over 16 ABA league games in the 2022âÂÂ23 season, he averaged 11.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists while shooting 41.7% from the field. In his second season with the team, he averaged 9.7 points 3.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists over 26 ABA League games. On June 22, 2024, he extended his contract with Igokea.
The Serbian national team head coach Duà ¡an Ivkoviàcalled Milosavljeviàfor the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, but he didn't manage to make the final roster.
He represented Serbia for the first time at the EuroBasket 2015 under head coach Aleksandar ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ. In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest Group B with 5âÂÂ0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal game, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania with 67âÂÂ64, and eventually lost to the host team France in the bronze-medal game with 81âÂÂ68. Over 7 tournament games played, Milosavljeviàsaw very little playing time, mostly being used by head coach as a defensive task specialist.
MilosavljeviÃÂ also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.
In preparations for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, MilosavljeviÃÂ was on the list of 14 candidates for the final 12-men roster of Serbia, but he suffered serious left knee injury in a friendly Acropolis Tournament game against Turkey. The injury was later diagnosed to be ACL tear, preventing MilosavljeviÃÂ to represent Serbia in the World Cup.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010âÂÂ11 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=4| Partizan | 16 || 6 || 19.0 || .381 || .222 || .650 || 1.9 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 4.2 || 1.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011âÂÂ12 | 10 || 10 || 28.9 || .333 || .239 || .810 || 3.7 || 1.4 || .6 || .6 || 8.2 || 5.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012âÂÂ13 | 10 || 7 || 26.5 || .522 || .273 || .724 || 2.8 || 1.2 || .9 || .4 || 9.9 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013âÂÂ14 | 14 || 13 || 32.0 || .435 || .344 || .667 || 3.7 || 1.6 || .9 || .3 || 12.1 || 9.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017âÂÂ18 | style="text-align:left;"| Unicaja | 27 || 16 || 18.5 || .417 || .333 || .769 || 2.6 || 1.0 || .5 || .1 || 6.4 || 5.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 77 || 52 || 23.4 || .419 || .296 || .727 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .7 || .2 || 7.7 || 6.0