{ "id": "epneymwcx6", "slug": "andro-knego", "title": "Andro Knego", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play" }, { "id": "play.team", "label": "Other team and ball sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team" }, { "id": "play.team.court", "label": "Basketball and court team sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team.court" }, { "id": "play.team.court.basketball_biographies", "label": "Basketball players and coaches (biographies)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team.court.basketball_biographies" }, { "id": "play.team.court.basketball_biographies.international-league-players", "label": "International league players", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team.court.basketball_biographies.international-league-players" }, { "id": "play.team.court.basketball_biographies.international-league-players.european-league-players-and-coaches", "label": "European league players and coaches", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team.court.basketball_biographies.international-league-players.european-league-players-and-coaches" }, { "id": "play.team.court.basketball_biographies.international-league-players.european-league-players-and-coaches.yugoslav-and-balkan-players", "label": "Yugoslav and Balkan players", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team.court.basketball_biographies.international-league-players.european-league-players-and-coaches.yugoslav-and-balkan-players" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.eeu.t1946.play.team.court", "label": "Eastern Europe · 1946 to 2000: Basketball and court team sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.eeu.t1946.play.team.court", "path": [ { "id": "geo.eeu", "label": "Eastern Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.eeu" }, { "id": "geo.eeu.t1946", "label": "Eastern Europe · 1946 to 2000", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.eeu.t1946" }, { "id": "geo.eeu.t1946.play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.eeu.t1946.play" }, { "id": "geo.eeu.t1946.play.team", "label": "Other team and ball sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.eeu.t1946.play.team" }, { "id": "geo.eeu.t1946.play.team.court", "label": "Basketball and court team sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.eeu.t1946.play.team.court" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Andro Knego (Andrija Knego), Croatian center born 1956 in Dubrovnik; won Olympic gold 1980, silver 1976, bronze 1984 with Yugoslavia and starred for KK Cibona.", "snippet": "Andro Knego (Andrija Knego), Croatian center born 1956 in Dubrovnik; won Olympic gold 1980, silver 1976, bronze 1984 with Yugoslavia and starred for KK Cibona.", "node": "play.team.court.basketball_biographies.international-league-players.european-league-players-and-coaches.yugoslav-and-balkan-players", "markdown": "# Andro Knego\n\n**Andro Knego** (full name Andrija \"Andro\" Knego) is a retired Croatian basketball player, a center who won a gold, a silver, and a bronze [Olympic medal](https://www.edgepedia.org/olympic-medal) with [Yugoslavia](https://www.edgepedia.org/yugoslavia) in 1976, 1980, and 1984, and who spent most of his club career with KK Cibona of Zagreb.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6412) • [2](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Born | 1956 in Dubrovnik, Croatia; height 205 cm, weight 96 kg[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6412) |\n| Position | Center[2](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro) |\n| Olympic medals | Silver at Montreal 1976, gold at Moscow 1980, bronze at Los Angeles 1984, all with Yugoslavia[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6412) |\n| National team | 180 appearances for Yugoslavia, 1975–85[2](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro) |\n| World Championship | Gold 1978 (Philippines), bronze 1982 (Colombia)[2](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro) |\n| Club honors with Cibona | European Champions Cup 1985; Cup Winners' Cup 1982 and 1987[2](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro) |\n| 1984 Olympic statistics | 54 points in 8 games, 6.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, 48.6% field-goal shooting[3](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/320-mens-olympic-basketball-tournament/2537/players/103496-andro-knego) |\n\n## Olympic career\n\nKnego appeared in three Olympic basketball tournaments and returned with a medal each time.[4](https://stara.hoo.hr/images/izdavastvo/ostalo/Hrvatska_i_olimpijska_odli%C4%8Dja.pdf) At Montreal 1976 the Yugoslav team took the silver medal, and at Moscow 1980 it won the gold, with Knego on a roster that also included Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, and Željko Jerkov.[5](https://www.olympedia.org/countries/YUG/sports/BKB.1) At Los Angeles 1984 Yugoslavia took the bronze.[5](https://www.olympedia.org/countries/YUG/sports/BKB.1)\n\nHis most statistically documented Olympic tournament was 1984, where FIBA's records show 54 points over 8 games, an average of 6.8 points (ranked 75th in the tournament) and 3.5 rebounds (45th), on 18-of-37 shooting (48.6%) and 6-of-9 free throws (66.7%).[3](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/320-mens-olympic-basketball-tournament/2537/players/103496-andro-knego) His best single game was 12 points in 17 minutes against Australia in the preliminary round, and he played 29 minutes and added 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the bronze-medal final against Canada.[3](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/320-mens-olympic-basketball-tournament/2537/players/103496-andro-knego) Basketball-[Reference](https://www.edgepedia.org/reference) lists his 1984 per-game line as 8.4 points and 4.0 rebounds in 5 games, a slightly different count from FIBA's 8-game totals.[6](https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/andro-knego-1.html)\n\n## National team record beyond the Olympics\n\nWith Yugoslavia Knego also won the 1978 FIBA World Championship in the Philippines and a bronze at the 1982 World Championship in Colombia, and he took silver at the 1981 European championship in [Czechoslovakia](https://www.edgepedia.org/czechoslovakia).[2](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro) Olympedia additionally lists a silver at the 1979 [Universiade](https://www.edgepedia.org/universiade) in Mexico City, a gold at the 1975 [Mediterranean Games](https://www.edgepedia.org/mediterranean-games) in Algiers, and a silver at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6412) FIBA's career table shows his senior national-team scoring peak at the 1985 European Championship, where he averaged 10.1 points over 8 games.[7](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/103496-andro-knego)\n\n## Club career\n\nKnego began in his home city with KK Jug of Dubrovnik, a second-division club at the time, and moved to Cibona in Zagreb in 1977, where he spent most of his career.[4](https://stara.hoo.hr/images/izdavastvo/ostalo/Hrvatska_i_olimpijska_odli%C4%8Dja.pdf)\n\nHis domestic record with Cibona covers a fifteen-year stay in three spells: Yugoslav championships in 1982, 1984, and 1985, a Croatian championship in 1992, and Yugoslav cups in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1985.[4](https://stara.hoo.hr/images/izdavastvo/ostalo/Hrvatska_i_olimpijska_odli%C4%8Dja.pdf) Abroad, he played the 1985–86 season in Spain for Cajamadrid, where Basketball-Reference records 18.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in 27 [Liga ACB](https://www.edgepedia.org/liga-acb) games on 57.7% shooting, then Montecatini in Italy from 1987 to 1990.[6](https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/andro-knego-1.html)\n\n## Recognition and later life\n\nKnego is a graduate economist by education.[2](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro) The Croatian Olympic Committee's record of Croatian Olympic medalists describes him as one of the most decorated Croatian athletes, noting that he is the leading basketball player from the [Dubrovnik](https://www.edgepedia.org/dubrovnik) area.[4](https://stara.hoo.hr/images/izdavastvo/ostalo/Hrvatska_i_olimpijska_odli%C4%8Dja.pdf) He has remained publicly associated with Cibona, appearing as a guest on the program \"Portret prvaka\" as captain of the club's celebrated generation alongside [Dražen Petrović](https://www.edgepedia.org/drazen-petrovic), Aleksandar Petrović, and Mihovil Nakić.[8](https://rtv-hb.com/sport-domaci/andro-knego-gostovao-u-emisiji-portret-prvaka)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Andro Knego, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6412)\n2. [Knego, Andro, Hrvatska enciklopedija](https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/knego-andro)\n3. [Andro Knego player profile, 1984 Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament, FIBA](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/320-mens-olympic-basketball-tournament/2537/players/103496-andro-knego)\n4. [Jurica Gizdić, Hrvatska i olimpijska odličja, Croatian Olympic Committee](https://stara.hoo.hr/images/izdavastvo/ostalo/Hrvatska_i_olimpijska_odli%C4%8Dja.pdf)\n5. [Yugoslavia in Basketball, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/countries/YUG/sports/BKB.1)\n6. [Andro Knego International Stats, Basketball-Reference](https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/andro-knego-1.html)\n7. [Andro Knego player profile, FIBA](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/103496-andro-knego)\n8. [Andro Knego gostovao u emisiji „Portret prvaka\", RTV Herceg-Bosne](https://rtv-hb.com/sport-domaci/andro-knego-gostovao-u-emisiji-portret-prvaka)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Sports, games, and recreation › Other team and ball sports › Basketball and court team sports › Basketball players and coaches (biographies) › International league players › European league players and coaches › Yugoslav and Balkan players*\n\n*Initially written Oct 21, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/andro-knego", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/andro-knego.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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