Aleksej Nikolić
![]() Nikolić playing with Bamberg in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
No. 77 – Partizan NIS Belgrade | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
League | ABA League Basketball League of Serbia EuroCup | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Postojna, Slovenia | February 21, 1995||||||||||||||
Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2017: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Spars Sarajevo | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Brose Bamberg | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | →Baunach Young Pikes | ||||||||||||||
2018–present | Partizan NIS | ||||||||||||||
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Aleksej Nikolić (born February 21, 1995) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Partizan of the Basketball League of Serbia. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard.
Professional career
In November 2011 he joined OKK Spars, and previously played for Zlatorog Laško and Postojna.
On February 25, 2013, he signed a four-year contact with OKK Spars.[1]
After rumors in early June, Nikolic had signed officially on July 7, 2015 with German champions Brose Bamberg for four years. He also plays their for farm team Bike-Café Messingschlager Baunach in the second-tier ProA league.[2] He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but later removed his name from the list.[3]
On July 10, 2018, he signed a three-year contact with Partizan.[4]
Slovenian national team
Nikolić played for Slovenia U-16, U-18 and U-20 national team.[5]
As a member of the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team, Nikolić competed at the FIBA World Cup 2014. He played three games, including the one against the USA.
Personal
Nikolic is of Serb origin.[6][7] Aleksej in the son of David (originally from Leskovac)[8] and Jana Nikolić. His father was a basketball player, played for Postojna, and was an assistant coach of Slovenian senior national team from 2004 to 2006. Currently he owns Gostilna Čuk. His brother Mitja is also a pro basketball player, currently playing for Union Olimpija.
References
- ^ "Nikolić Aleksej potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor". kkspars.com. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Brose Baskets verpflichten Aleksej Nikolić". brosebaskets.de. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
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- ^ "Aleksej Nikolić tri godine u Partizanu". kkpartizan.rs. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Aleksej Nikolić". archive.fiba.com. FIBA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ "SRBI KOVAČI TUĐE MEDALJE Lako je Slovencima kad su im glavni ljudi iz zemlje košarke". Blic.
- ^ "Po NBA standardima". Danas.
- ^ Словенац Алексеј Николић нови кошаркаш Партизана, парафирао трогодишњи уговор
External links
- Aleksej Nikolić at aba-liga.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Brose Bamberg players
- Expatriate basketball people in Germany
- FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
- OKK Spars Sarajevo players
- People from Postojna
- Point guards
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Slovenian expatriates in Germany
- Slovenian men's basketball players
- Slovenian people of Serbian descent