Ognjen Dobrić

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{short description|Serbian basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ognjen Dobrić

| image = Dobric Ognjen.jpg

| caption = Dobrić holding the National Cup trophy in 2022

| position = Small forward / shooting guard

| height_m = 1.98

| weight_kg = 93

| league = KLS
ABA League
EuroLeague

| team = Crvena zvezda

| number = 13

| nationality = Serbian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Knin, Croatia{{Cref2|a}}

| draft_year = 2016

| career_start = 2013

| career_end =

| years1 = 2013–2023

| team1 = Crvena zvezda

| years2 = 2013–2016

| team2 = →FMP

| years3 = 2023–2024

| team3 = Virtus Bologna

| years4 = 2024–present

| team4 = Crvena zvezda

| highlights =

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{bk|SRB}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|U19 World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Czech Republic|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|U20 European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Greece|Team}}

}}

Ognjen Dobrić ({{lang-sr-cyr|Огњен Добрић}}; born 27 October 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague.

Career

=KK Crvena zvezda (2013–2023)=

Ognjen grew up with Crvena zvezda youth teams and signed his first professional contract in December 2012.{{cite web|title=Dobrić potpisao profesionalni ugovor|url=http://www.kkcrvenazvezda.rs/index.php/article/dobric-potpisao-profesionalni-ugovor-video|publisher=kkcrvenazvezda.rs|date=13 December 2012|language=sr}}

Dobrić signed a four-year deal with KK Crvena zvezda on 21 September 2016,{{cite news|title=Dobrić potpisao četvorogodišnji ugovor sa Zvezdom|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2016&mm=09&dd=21&nav_id=1179285|access-date=17 April 2017|date=21 September 2016|language=sr}} after previously playing on loan for FMP for three seasons.{{cite news|title=Ognjen Dobrić|url=http://www.aba-liga.com/player.php?id=2540|access-date=17 April 2017|date=13 April 2017}} He scored his ABA League high score of 17 points against KK Olimpija Ljubljana,{{cite news|url=http://www.aba-liga.com/player.php?id=2540|title=Aba Liga Statistics|date=5 December 2017|access-date=17 April 2017}} and his Euroleague high of 17 points in loss to Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz.{{cite news|title=Fenerbahce Istanbul overpowers Crvena Zvezda|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/euroleague/219771/fenerbahce-istanbul-overpowers-crvena-zvezda.html|access-date=17 April 2017|date=8 December 2017}} On 6 July 2019, Dobrić signed a two-year contract extension for the Zvezda.{{cite web |title=Ognjen Dobrić remains with Crvena zvezda mts until 2021 |url=https://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=42081 |website=aba-liga.com |access-date=6 July 2019}} He averaged 5.1 points per game. On 8 September 2020, Dobrić signed a two-year contract extension with the Zvezda.{{cite web |title=Crvena zvezda mts extended with Dobrić and Davidovac |url=https://www.aba-liga.com/news/43753/crvena-zvezda-mts-extended-with-dobric-and-davidovac/ |website=aba-liga.com |access-date=8 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=Zvezda extends Dobric, Davidovac |url=https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/auqprpks5cy5jh3p/zvezda-extends-dobric-davidovac |website=euroleague.net |access-date=8 September 2020}} On 12 December 2020, Dobrić recorded his 250 apperiences for the Zvezda.{{cite web |title=Čudo u Železniku: Branko Lazić ubacio četiri trojke za poluvreme, takav je bio samo protiv Partizana pre pet godina |url=https://www.mozzartsport.com/kosarka/vesti/cudo-u-zelezniku-branko-lazic-ubacio-cetiri-trojke-za-poluvreme-takav-je-bio-samo-protiv-partizana-pre-pet-godina/373189 |website=mozzartsport.com |access-date=12 December 2020}} He re-signed with the team on 6 July 2021.{{cite news |title=Ognjen Dobric re-signs with Crvena zvezda |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/ognjen-dobric-re-signs-with-crvena-zvezda/ |website=Sportando |access-date=6 July 2021 |date=6 July 2021|last1=Maggi |first1=Alessandro }}

During the 2022–2023 campaign, in 31 EuroLeague games (19 starts), he averaged 9.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists, playing around 24 minutes per contest.

=Virtus Bologna (2023–2024)=

In July 2023, Dobrić signed a two-year deal with Virtus Bologna, of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. On 24 September 2023, after having ousted Olimpia Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its fourth Supercup, and the third in a row, defeating 97–60 Germani Brescia.[https://bologna.repubblica.it/sport/2023/09/24/news/una_virtus_esagerata_stravince_la_supercoppa-415671857/ Una Virtus esagerata stravince la Supercoppa]. la Repubblica

National team career

He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics with Serbia.{{cite news |title=Србија освојила бронзану медаљу на Олимпијским играма! |url=https://kss.rs/srbija-osvojila-bronzanu-medalju-na-olimpijskim-igrama/ |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=kss.rs |date=10 August 2024 |language=Serbian}} Over 6 tournament games, Dobrić averaged 7.7 points and 1.5 rebounds.

Career statistics

{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

=Euroleague=

{{Euroleague player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"| Crvena zvezda

| 13 || 0 || 5.2 || .409 || .167 || .333 || .5 || .2 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.6 || 0.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18

| 26 || 1 || 15.2 || .452 || .351 || .826 || 2.3 || .4 || .6 || .2 || 6.5 || 6.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20

| 22 || 3 || 14.6 || .467 || .357 || .684 || 1.7 || .9 || .8 || .2 || 5.1 || 5.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21

| 32 || 7 || 18.6 || .431 || .456 || .857 || 2.0 || .8 || .9 || .0 || 8.3 || 7.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22

| 29 || 13 || 22.6 || .408 || .357 || .745 || 1.9 || 1.3 || .7 || .1 || 10.3 || 7.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23

| 31 || 19 || 23.7 || .440 || .324 || .743 || 2.5 || 1.6 || .5 || {{sort|-|—}} || 9.9 || 8.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24

| style="text-align:left;"| Bologna

| 28 || 6 || 13.4 || .524 || .408 || .667 || 1.6 || .6 || .5 || {{sort|-|—}} || 7.6 || 4.4

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 181 || 49 || 17.4 || .442 || .369 || .769 || 1.9 || .9 || .6 || .1 || 7.2 || 6.0

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See also

Notes

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{{Cnote2|a|At the time of his birth, Knin was part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina.}}

{{Cnote2 end}}

References

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