Branko Nešić ( sr-cyr, Бранко Нешић; born 17 August 1934) is a

Serbian-American Serbian Americans () or American Serbs (), are Americans of ethnic Serb ancestry. As of 2023, there were slightly more than 181,000 American citizens who identified as having Serb ancestry. However, the number may be significantly higher, as ...

former professional

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player.

Playing career

Crvena zvezda

Born in

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

, Nešić began with his basketball career with his hometown team Crvena zvezda Juniors. There his coach was

Milan Bjegojević Milan "Musa" Bjegojević ( sr-cyr, Милан "Муса" Bjegojević; August 9, 1928 – October 2, 2003) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Best known for many year ...

. In 1952, he joined the first team of

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

. On 18 May 1952, Nešić made his Yugoslav League debut in a 44–22 win over Borac Čačak, recording two points. He won his first National Championship that season. He won three more titles in next three seasons, from 1953 to 1955. During his tenure in the Zvezda, his teammates were Bjegojević,

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, and

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, while the team was coached by Nebojša Popović. Following the departure of coach Popović after the 1955 season, Nešić played two more seasons for the Zvezda. On 8 September 1957, he played his final game for Crvena zvezda in a 91–73 win over Proleter Zrenjanin, recording one point. He made 53 official appearances for the club, scoring 116 points.

France

Following his departure from the Zvezda in 1957, Nešić moved to

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

where he joined

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

. Nešić played six seasons for Caen in the French National Championship 1 A. In 1963, he joined another French team,

Olympique Antibes Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the French seco ...

, where he played two more seasons. He retired as a player with Antibes in 1965.

Career achievements

* Yugoslav League champion: 4 (with

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

Post-playing career

After retirement in 1965, Nešić emigrated to the United States.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nesic, Branko 1934 births Living people American people of Serbian descent Basketball players from Belgrade Caen Basket Calvados players KK Crvena zvezda players Olympique Antibes basketball players Serbian expatriate basketball people in France Serbian men's basketball players Yugoslav men's basketball players Yugoslav emigrants to the United States