Nikola Dragović
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Dragović with Spartak Saint Petersburg in March 2011. | |
| Vanoli Cremona | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | Serie A |
| 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 | Avala Ada / Mega Vizura |
| 2010–2012 | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| 2012–2014 | Scandone Avellino |
| 2014–2015 | Igokea |
| 2015 | PBC Lukoil Academic |
| 2015 | Mitteldeutscher BC |
| 2016–present | Vanoli Cremona |
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Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently plays for Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Serie A. He played college basketball at UCLA.
Career
Dragović grew up with KK Avala Ada (today Mega Basket) juniors and made his debut with senior team during the 2005–06 season. From 2006 to 2010 he played college basketball at UCLA.
In 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 and signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Serie A for the rest of the season.[7]
Serbian national team
Dragović has been member of the Serbia national basketball team U-16, U-18 and U-20 National Team, 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.
References
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ↑ "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.
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