Nikola Ivanović (born February 19, 1994) is a Montenegrin professional

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player for

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of the

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and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the

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position.

Professional career

Early career

Ivanović started his career in local club KK Joker Podgorica. He then played for Mornar Bar during the 2010–11 season, averaging 10.1 points, 4.5 assists and 3.8 steals per game. While in Mornar he also averaged 11.3 points, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game during

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Budućnost Podgorica

In 2011, Ivanović transferred to the biggest Montenegrin basketball club, Budućnost Podgorica, signing his first professional contract in February 2012, after he turned 18. In his first season with the team, he averaged 6.9 points, 1.4 assists and 1 steal per game in 16.2 minutes per game played in the 2011–12 ABA League season. During the 2013–14 season, Ivanović was handed a chance with being the first point guard option for Budućnost due to the injury of the starting point guard,

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. Ivanović took up the opportunity in the late half of the season and had his best showings against

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when he scored 28 points, making 8 out of his 11 shots for two points and also adding one three-pointer. In the same game he also had 3 assists and 2 steals with an index rating of 31. In the next game against Szolnoki Olaj he again showed great performance by scoring 27 points, making 4 assists and taking 2 steals. He shot 4 from 7 for two points and made 5 out of 7 three-pointers. He had a final index rating of 36. On July 15, 2015, he parted ways with Budućnost.

Mega Leks

On July 31, 2015, Ivanović moved to Serbia and signed with Mega Leks. In

he averaged 30.2 minutes with 13.4 points, 5.2 assists and 1.5 steals. He won the

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with Mega Leks against rivals

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. In the finals he scored 24 points, five assists and he was the

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of the competition.

AEK Athens / Orlandina

On June 14, 2016, Ivanović signed a three-year contract with the Greek club

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. On January 11, 2017, he was loaned to Italian club

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for the rest of the 2016–17 Serie A season.

Budućnost VOLI

On September 13, 2017, Ivanović returned to Budućnost VOLI.

Crvena zvezda mts

On June 18, 2021, he has signed with

of the

. The club won

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, and

in the 2021–22 season.

Montenegrin national team

After going through many youth national teams of Montenegro, Ivanović became standard member of the senior Montenegrin national team. On 18 August 2012, Ivanović scored an amazing three-pointer buzzer beater from a half court in a match against Serbia.

Career statistics

Basketball Champions League

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