Nikola Dragović


Nikola Dragović is a Serbian professional basketball player for Mineros de Zacatecas of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional. He played college basketball at UCLA.

Career

Dragović grew up with KK Avala Ada juniors and made his debut with senior team during the 2005–06 season. From 2006 to 2010 he 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. In August 2013, he re-signed with them for one more season.
In September 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Igokea. On February 4, 2015, he left Igokea. Later that month, he signed with Lukoil Academic of the Bulgarian League for the rest of the season.
In November 2015, he signed with the German club Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga for the rest of the season. On January 3, 2016, he left Mitteldeutscher BC and signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Serie A for the rest of the season.
On July 5, 2016, he signed with French club ASVEL Basket.
On August 1, 2017, he signed with Spanish club Basket Zaragoza for the 2017–18 season.
In January 2019, Dragović joined Mexican team Mineros de Zacatecas.

Serbian national team

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.