Nikola Lončar (
Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional
basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship.
Professional career
Lončar started his career at
Partizan, making his professional debut in 1989. With Partizan, he won the
Euroleague in
1992
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. Lončar also played for
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
,
Cagiva Varese,
PSG Racing,
Maccabi Tel Aviv,
Joventut Badalona,
Zucchetti Montecatini,
Breogán,
Estudiantes and
Armani Jeans Milano
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...
.
National team career
Lončar was a member of the
Yugoslav national team at four major tournaments during the 1990s. He took silver medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta, United States, gold medal at the
1998 FIBA World Championship
The 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation and hosted in Greece from 29 July to 9 August 1998. The tournament was contested by 16 n ...
in
Greece, and two
FIBA European Championship medals (gold in
1997
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and bronze in
1999
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).
Post-playing career
After ending his basketball playing career in 2006, Lončar began working on Spanish television as a
studio analyst
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for the
NBA
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coverage on
Movistar+ platform.
In October 2015, Lončar became the president of
Kragujevački Radnički.
In March 2018, Lončar was named a sports director of
Partizan NIS. In February 2021, Partizan parted ways with Lončar. Afterwards, he joined staff of Kragujevac-based club
Radnički 1950.
References
External links
Nikola Lončarat acb.com
Nikola Lončarat legabasket.it
Nikola Lončarat euroleague.net
at fiba.com
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1972 births
Living people
ABA League players
Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
CB Breogán players
CB Estudiantes players
FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
Joventut Badalona players
KK Partizan players
Liga ACB players
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olimpia Milano players
Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia
Olympic medalists in basketball
Olympic silver medalists for Serbia and Montenegro
Pallacanestro Varese players
Paris Racing Basket players
Real Madrid Baloncesto players
Serbian expatriate basketball people in France
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Israel
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Serbian men's basketball players
Serbian basketball executives and administrators
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Kragujevac
FIBA World Championship-winning players
1998 FIBA World Championship players