Nikola Dragović

Nikola Dragović

Dragović with Spartak Saint Petersburg in March 2011.
PBC Lukoil Academic
Position Power forward
League Bulgarian League
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
Pro career 2005–present
Career history
2005–2006 Avala Ada / Mega Vizura
2010–2012 Spartak Saint Petersburg
2012–2014 Felice Scandone Avellino (Sidigas)
2014–2015 Igokea
2015–present PBC Lukoil Academic

Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently plays for PBC Lukoil Academic of the Bulgarian League. He played college basketball at UCLA.

Career

Dragović grew up with KK Avala Ada (today Mega Vizura) 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 PBC Lukoil Academic of the Bulgarian League.[5]

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

  1. "Sidigas Avellino officially signs Nikola Dragovic". Sportando.net. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. "Air Avellino keeps Dragovic for another season". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. "KK Igokea signs Nikola Dragovic". Sportando.com. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. "Dragović no longer at Igokea". Abaliga.com. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. "Лукойл Академик взе нов център". sportonline.bg (in Bulgarian). 14 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

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