Nikola Dragović

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Nikola Dragović
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Dragović with Spartak Saint Petersburg in March 2011.
Vanoli Cremona
Position Power forward
League Serie A
Personal information
Born (1987-12-20) December 20, 1987 (age 36)
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

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.

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