Aleksej Nikolić
Slovenian basketball player (born 1995)
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Aleksej Nikolić (born 21 February 1995) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard.
ABA League
EuroCup
Nikolić playing with Bamberg in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 5 – Cedevita Olimpija | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | 1. SKL ABA League EuroCup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1995 Postojna, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 191 cm (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 | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Partizan NIS | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | →Universo Treviso Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | San Pablo Burgos | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Dinamo Sassari | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Germani Brescia | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Élan Chalon | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Cedevita Olimpija | ||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Professional career
In November 2011 he joined OKK Spars, and previously played for Zlatorog Laško and Postojna.
On 25 February 2013 he signed a four-year contract with OKK Spars.[1]
After rumors in early June, Nikolic had signed officially, on 7 July 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 10 July 2018 he signed a three-year contract with Partizan.[4]
On 9 August 2019 he signed one more year deal with Partizan, then he was loaned to Universo Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[5] On 10 May 2020 his loan expired and he returned to Partizan.[6]
On 27 July 2021 he signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB.[7]
On 14 October 2022 he signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[8]
On 8 December 2022 he signed with Germani Brescia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[9]
On 11 May 2022 he signed with CB Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB until the end of the season.[10]
In July 2023, he signed a one-year contract with Élan Chalon of the French LNB Élite.[11]
On 12 June 2024 he signed a two-year contract with KK Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League.[12]
Slovenian national team
Nikolić played for Slovenia U-16, U-18 and U-20 national team.[13]
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.
