Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at UCLA.
 Dragović with Spartak in March 2011. | |
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 20, 1987 Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Listed height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| Listed weight | 105 kg (231 lb) |
| Career information | |
| College | UCLA (2006–2010) |
| NBA draft | 2010: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2006 | Mega Ishrana |
| 2010–2012 | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| 2012–2014 | Scandone Avellino |
| 2014–2015 | Igokea |
| 2015 | Lukoil Academic |
| 2015 | Mitteldeutscher BC |
| 2016 | Vanoli Cremona |
| 2016–2017 | ASVEL |
| 2017–2018 | Basket Zaragoza |
| 2018 | Baxi Manresa |
| 2019 | Mineros de Zacatecas |
| 2019–2020 | Shahrdari Gorgan |
| 2020–2021 | OKK Beograd |
| 2021 | Kolossos Rodou |
| 2021–2022 | Nazm Avaran Sirjan |
Medals | |
Early career
editDragović grew up with KK Avala Ada (nowadays Mega Basket) juniors and made his debut with the senior team during the 2005–06 season.
From 2006 to 2010, Dragović played college basketball at UCLA.
Professional career
editIn 2010, he signed for Spartak St. Petersburg and he stayed there till the end of 2011–12 season when his contract has expired and the team decided not to prolong it. The forward struggled with injuries throughout the 2011–12 season missing bigger part of the games.
In August 2012, he signed with Italian team Sidigas Avellino.[1] In August 2013, he re-signed with them for one more season.[2]
In September 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Igokea.[3] On February 4, 2015, he left Igokea.[4] Later that month, he signed with Lukoil Academic of the Bulgarian League for the rest of the season.[5]
In November 2015, he signed with the German club Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga for the rest of the season.[6] On January 3, 2016, he left Mitteldeutscher BC and signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Serie A for the rest of the season.[7]
On July 5, 2016, he signed with French club ASVEL Basket.[8]
On August 1, 2017, he signed with Spanish club Basket Zaragoza for the 2017–18 season.[9]
In January 2019, Dragović joined Mexican team Mineros de Zacatecas.[10]
On March 19, 2021, Dragović moved to Greece for Kolossos Rodou. In three games, he averaged 7.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. On October 12, Dragović signed with Nazm Avaran Sirjan of the Iranian Basketball Super League.[11]
National team career
editDragović has been member of the Serbia U-16, U-18 and U-20 national teams, won the gold medal at the 2003 European U-16 Championship in Spain, won the gold medal at the 2005 European -18 Championship at Serbia, won the gold medal at the 2006 European U-20 Championship in Nova Gorica. Dragović was also a member of the team that represented Serbia at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, finishing as the gold medal winners.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sidigas Avellino officially signs Nikola Dragovic". Sportando.net. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Air Avellino keeps Dragovic for another season". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "KK Igokea signs Nikola Dragovic". Sportando.com. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Dragović no longer at Igokea". Abaliga.com. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Лукойл Академик взе нов център". sportonline.bg (in Bulgarian). 14 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Nikola Dragovic signs with MBC". Sportando.com. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "Nikola Dragovic e' un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona". Vanolibasket.com (in Italian). 3 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Nikola Dragovic signs with ASVEL". Sportando.com. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Tecnyconta Zaragoza incorpora al ala-pívot Nikola Dragovic". basketzaragoza.net (in Spanish). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Mineros se refuerza con Nikola Dragovic de cara a playoff". minerosbasquetbol.com (in Spanish). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ Maghsoodlou, Mohammadamin (October 12, 2021). "Nikola Dragovic (ex Kolossos HH) joins Sirjan". Eurobasket. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
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