Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional

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player. He played

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Early career

Dragović grew up with KK Avala Ada (nowadays Mega Basket) juniors and made his debut with the senior team during the 2005–06 season. From 2006 to 2010, Dragović played college basketball at

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

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. 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

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of the

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for the rest of the season. On January 3, 2016, he left Mitteldeutscher BC and signed with

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of the Italian

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for the rest of the season. On July 5, 2016, he signed with French club

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. 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. On March 19, 2021, Dragović moved to Greece for Kolossos Rodou. In three games, he averaged 7.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. On October 12, Dragović signed with Nazm Avaran Sirjan of the

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National team career

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

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, won the gold medal at the 2005 European -18 Championship at

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, won the gold medal at the 2006 European U-20 Championship in

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. Dragović was also a member of the team that represented Serbia at the

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, finishing as the gold medal winners.

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Early career

Professional career

National team career

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