Nikola Dragović

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| name = Nikola Dragović

| image = Nikola Dragović.JPG

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Dragović with Spartak in March 2011.

| position = Power forward

| height_m = 2.06

| weight_kg = 105

| league =

| team = Free agent

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|20}}

| birth_place = Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia

| nationality = Serbian

| college = UCLA (2006–2010)

| draft_year = 2010

| career_start = 2005

| career_end =

| years1 = 2005–2006

| team1 = Mega Ishrana

| years2 = 2010–2012

| team2 = Spartak Saint Petersburg

| years3 = 2012–2014

| team3 = Scandone Avellino

| years4 = 2014–2015

| team4 = Igokea

| years5 = 2015

| team5 = Lukoil Academic

| years6 = 2015

| team6 = Mitteldeutscher BC

| years7 = 2016

| team7 = Vanoli Cremona

| years8 = 2016–2017

| team8 = ASVEL

| years9 = 2017–2018

| team9 = Basket Zaragoza

| years10 = 2018

| team10 = Baxi Manresa

| years11 = 2019

| team11 = Mineros de Zacatecas

| years12 = 2019–2020

| team12 = Shahrdari Gorgan

| years13 = 2020–2021

| team13 = OKK Beograd

| years14 = 2021

| team14 = Kolossos Rodou

| years15 = 2021–2022

| team15 = Nazm Avaran Sirjan

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Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at UCLA.

Early career

Dragović 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

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.{{cite news|title=Sidigas Avellino officially signs Nikola Dragovic|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/italy/serie-a/42350/sidigas-avellino-officially-signs-nikola-dragovic.html|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=Sportando.net|date=12 August 2012}} In August 2013, he re-signed with them for one more season.{{cite news|title=Air Avellino keeps Dragovic for another season|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/Italy/news/329813|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=Eurobasket.com}}

In September 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Igokea.{{cite news|title=KK Igokea signs Nikola Dragovic|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/bosnia/135655/kk-igokea-signs-nikola-dragovic.html|accessdate=25 September 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=24 September 2014}} On February 4, 2015, he left Igokea.{{cite news|title=Dragović no longer at Igokea |url=http://www.abaliga.com/a9213/News/Dragovic_no_longer_at_Igokea.html |accessdate=4 February 2015 |work=Abaliga.com |date=4 February 2015 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204172912/http://www.abaliga.com/a9213/News/Dragovic_no_longer_at_Igokea.html |archivedate=February 4, 2015 }} Later that month, he signed with Lukoil Academic of the Bulgarian League for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Лукойл Академик взе нов център|url=http://www.sportonline.bg/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB/%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BB-%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%B5-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80/|accessdate=27 February 2015|work=sportonline.bg|date=14 February 2015|language=bg}}

In November 2015, he signed with the German club Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Nikola Dragovic signs with MBC|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/182882/nikola-dragovic-signs-with-mbc.html|accessdate=26 November 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=23 November 2015}} On January 3, 2016, he left Mitteldeutscher BC and signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Serie A for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Nikola Dragovic e' un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona|url=http://www.vanolibasket.com/nikola-dragovic-e-un-giocatore-della-vanoli-cremona/|accessdate=4 January 2016|work=Vanolibasket.com|date=3 January 2016|language=Italian}}

On July 5, 2016, he signed with French club ASVEL Basket.{{cite news|title=Nikola Dragovic signs with ASVEL|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/205119/nikola-dragovic-signs-with-asvel.html|accessdate=6 July 2016|work=Sportando.com|date=5 July 2016}}

On August 1, 2017, he signed with Spanish club Basket Zaragoza for the 2017–18 season.{{cite news|title=Tecnyconta Zaragoza incorpora al ala-pívot Nikola Dragovic|url=http://www.basketzaragoza.net/noticias/tecnyconta-zaragoza-incorpora-al-ala-pívot-nikola-dragovic|accessdate=1 August 2017|work=basketzaragoza.net|date=1 August 2017|language=Spanish}}

In January 2019, Dragović joined Mexican team Mineros de Zacatecas.{{cite news|title=Mineros se refuerza con Nikola Dragovic de cara a playoff|url=http://minerosbasquetbol.com/mineros-se-refuerza/|website=minerosbasquetbol.com|date=31 January 2019|access-date=13 February 2019|language=Spanish}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Maghsoodlou |first1=Mohammadamin |title=Nikola Dragovic (ex Kolossos HH) joins Sirjan |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Serbia/news/708934/Nikola-Dragovic-(ex-Kolossos-HH)-joins-Sirjan |website=Eurobasket |access-date=October 12, 2021 |date=October 12, 2021}}

National team career

Dragović 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.

References

External links

[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=003643&gamecode=154& Euroleague profile]
[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nikola_Dragovic/56996 Eurobasket.com profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205022418/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6029137/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=DRA-NIK-87 Legabasket profile]

Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:ABA League players

Category:KK Avala Ada players

Category:ASVEL Basket players

Category:Bàsquet Manresa players

Category:Basket Zaragoza players

Category:BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players

Category:KK Igokea players

Category:KK Mega Basket players

Category:Kolossos Rodou B.C. players

Category:OKK Beograd players