Nikolina Knežević (basketball)

Nikolina Knežević, née Babić, (16 February 1995) is a 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) tall Bosnian basketball player, playing as point guard. She plays for BK Žabiny Brno. She is a member of the women's basketball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2][3][4]

Nikolina Knežević
BK Žabiny Brno
PositionPoint guard
LeagueCzech Women's Basketball League
Personal information
Born16 February 1995
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Listed height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
WNBA draft2015: not drafted round, -
Selected by the -
Career history
-ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2020ŽKK Budućnost Bemax
2021BC Prometey
2022İzmit Belediyespor
2022-presentBK Žabiny Brno

Career

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She spent the first three years of her career in ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo from Sarajevo, and where she won her first professional title. After that she continued her career abroad, playing first for Montenegrin first tier club ŽKK Budućnost Bemax, then, she moved to Ukraine where she played for BC Prometey, and then to the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League where she played for İzmit Belediyespor. Recently, she moved to the Czech Women's Basketball League, where she signed for BK Žabiny Brno, the club which holds record fourteen Czech championship titles.[5][2]

Honours

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Nikolina won title with ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo.[5]

Personal life

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Nikolina Babić recently[when?] married and took her husband's surname Knežević.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Nikolina Knežević - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Nikolina Babic Player Profile, Basket Zabiny Brno, News, Stats - Eurobasket - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Jones se priključila reprezentaciji BiH, selektor Lojo odredio 12 Zmajica za Svjetsko prvenstvo | Basket" (in Bosnian). 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Jonquel Jones stigla - selektor izabrao 12 kosarkasica". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Žabiny posilují z Balkánu | ŽBL.BASKETBALL". zbl.basketball (in Czech). CZ.BASKETBALL & eSports.cz. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.