Ilija Đoković

Professional career

Ilija Đoković, born 5 January 1996, is a Serbian professional basketball player. He kicked off his pro career with his hometown club Jagodina in the 2012–13 season, spending three years there before moving to FMP in March 2015. In the 2015–16 season with FMP Belgrade, he put up 6.4 points, 3.2 assists, and 1.7 rebounds across 39 games. He joined Borac Čačak in the summer of 2016.

His first season there saw averages of 7.5 points, 2.7 assists, and 1.8 rebounds in 40 domestic league games. The next season, his numbers climbed to 11.1 points, 4.6 assists, and 2.8 rebounds in 31 domestic games, plus 15.7 points, 5.1 assists, and 3.1 rebounds in 21 ABA League Second Division contests. In 2018–19 with Borac, he averaged 13.3 points, 5 assists, and 3 rebounds in 24 ABA League Second Division games. He signed a two-year deal to return to FMP in August 2019, then a one-year contract with Croatian side Split in July 2020.

For Split in the 2020–21 season, he played only 10 ABA League games, averaging 6.4 points on 38.2% shooting. A shoulder injury in December 2022 sidelined him for three months. He went back to Borac Čačak in September 2021, averaging 5 points and 2.6 assists over 25 ABA League games while shooting 31% from the field. For the 2022–23 season, he signed with Romanian club SCM Timișoara.

National team career

In October 2025, he joined ÍA of Iceland’s Úrvalsdeild karla. On the national stage, Đoković won silver with Serbia’s U18 team at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He played for the Serbian university team at the 2017 Universiade, where they finished fourth after losses to the United States and Latvia. Despite many young players declining to join, he was a last-minute addition and a team leader.

In November 2017, senior team coach Aleksandar Đorđević called him up for 2019 World Cup qualifiers, and he debuted against Austria on 25 November 2017.

National team career

Đoković was a member of the Serbia national U18 team that won silver at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He represented the Serbian men's university basketball team at the 2017 Universiade held in Taiwan. Serbia was defeated by the United States in the semifinal and lost the bronze-medal game to Latvia 81–74.

The Basketball Federation of Serbia stated that 24 talented young players refused to play for the Universiade team, the highest number in history, but the weakened roster achieved fourth place. Đoković was invited at the last minute and became one of the team leaders. In November 2017, he was invited by senior national team head coach Aleksandar Đorđević for 2019 World Cup qualifications. He made his senior debut on 25 November 2017 in a game against Austria.