Mirko Đerić

Club

Cairns Taipans

Position

Shooting Guard

Nationality

Australia

Date of birth

1995-04-17

Birthplace

Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

82 kg (181 lb)

Shirt number

5

Mirko Đerić (Anglicized: Mirko Djeric; Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Ђерић; born 17 April 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Professional career
Djeric started his career in 2012. He played for the Bankstown Bruins of the Waratah League, the NBL teams the Wollongong Hawks and the Townsville Crocodiles, and for the Townsville Heat of the Queensland Basketball League.

Prior to 2016–17 season, he signed for FMP of the Adriatic League. Later in 2016, he moved to Vršac of the Basketball League of Serbia. On 27 December 2017, he hit 9 three-pointers out of 11 attempts against Split.

On May 30, 2019, Djeric signed for the Cairns Taipans of the Australian NBL.

National team career
Djeric was a member of the Australia national under-17 basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 9.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.