Mitja Nikolić Smrdelj (born 24 February 1991) is a Slovenian professional

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player for Basket Ravenna Piero Manetti. He also represented the

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between 2014 and 2017. He is 2.00 m tall and plays the position

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. Nikolić spent the 2020-21 season with Remer Treviglio of the Serie A2. He averaged 13.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game. On September 24, 2021, Nikolić signed with

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. Nikolić signed in summer 2022 with

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team Derthona Basket. He didn't break to first team - played 5 games, scored nothing and had 6 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal.

Personal life/Family

Nikolić's father was a basketball player who played for KD-Postojna, a professional Slovenian team located in the city of

Postojna Postojna (; , ) is a town in the traditional region of Inner Carniola, from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Postojna.

. His father was also an assistant coach of the

from 2004 to 2006. His younger brother,

Aleksej Nikolić Aleksej Nikolić (born February 21, 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. Professional career In November 2011 he joined O ...

, plays for

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, lit=Basketball Club Partizan), commonly known as Partizan Belgrade, or as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports cl ...

International career

He represented

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at the

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where they were eliminated by

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in eighth finals.

References

External links

Union Olimpija Profile

Eurobasket.com profile
1991 births Living people ABA League players KK Olimpija players Sportspeople from Postojna Power forwards Slovenian men's basketball players Slovenian expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Slovenian people of Serbian descent Small forwards KK Kansai Helios Domžale players Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Italy {{Slovenia-basketball-bio-stub