Nikola Janković (basketball)

This article is about the basketball player. For the football player, see Nikola Janković.
Nikola Janković
Никола Јанковић
No. 12 – VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster
Position Power forward
League Basketball League Belgium
Personal information
Born February 13, 1994
Vranje, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m)
Listed weight 214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
Pro career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Spirou Charleroi
2013–present Verviers-Pepinster
Career highlights and awards

Nikola Janković (Serbian: Никола Јанковић, born February 13, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently plays for VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster of the Basketball League Belgium (BLB). Standing at 6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m), he plays the power forward position.

Professional career

Early years

Janković began training basketball in hometown club Ekonomac. Then he played for the younger categories of FMP Zeleznik and then Crvena zvezda. After turning 18, in 2012 he refused to sign a professional contract with the club from Belgrade, so he moved to Belgium's Spirou Charleroi.[1] Over the season, he averaged 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game in his first international season.

Before the 2013–2014 season, he moved to Verviers-Pepinster. In the new team he had much bigger role, averaging 11.4 points and 5.7 rebounds over 34 games played.[2]

Serbian national team

Janković has successfully performed for the younger representative categories. At the Under-18 European Championships he won two medals - a silver in Poland 2011 and bronze in Lithuania/Latvia 2012. In 2013 he was part of the team that came up to silver medal at the Under-19 World Championship. In 2014 he won another bronze medal - this time with the youth team at the Under-20 European Championship. He was named in the All-Tournament ideal five, averaging 15.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Lazarević, Aco. "Nikola Janković karijeru nastavlja u Belgiji". mvp.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nikola Jankovic Stats". realgm.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "OSMAN HEADLINES ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Janković: Cilj je ispunjen, medalja je ponovo naša!". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2014.

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