Dušan Tanasković (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Танасковић, born February 23, 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Igokea of the ABA League.
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Position | Center / Power forward | |||||||||||||
League | ABA League | |||||||||||||
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Born | (2001-02-23) February 23, 2001 (age 21) Smederevska Palanka, FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2018–present | |||||||||||||
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2018–2022 | Partizan NIS | |||||||||||||
2018–2021 | → Mladost Zemun | |||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Dunav | |||||||||||||
2022–present | Igokea | |||||||||||||
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Tanasković began his basketball career at the youth system with Partizan Belgrade. Prior to the 2018–19 season, Tanasković was loaned out to Mladost Zemun as a two-way affiliate player, making him available for the senior roster of Partizan. On December 22, 2018, Tanasković made his Adriatic League debut with Partizan in a home win over Cedevita, making no records in under 3 minutes of playing time.[1] On February 5, 2019, at age 17, he debuted in the EuroCup in a loss to Alba Berlin, recording 6 points and 2 rebounds in under 11 minutes of playing time.[2][3] On February 28, Tanasković signed his first professional contract for Partizan.[4] Through 20 games in the 2018–19 Serbian First League with Mladost Zemun, Tanasković averaged 8.2 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in 22 minutes per game.
In June 2022, Tanasković signed a 3-year contract with Igokea of the ABA League, joining his brother's team.[5]
Tanasković was a member of the Serbian under-16 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Montenegro. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.[6] He was a member of the Serbian under-17 team that participated at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Argentina. Over three tournament games, he averaged 9.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.[7]
His older brother Nikola is a basketball player.
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