Nikola Janković (basketball)

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This article is about the basketball player. For the football player, see Nikola Janković.
Nikola Janković
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No. 45 – Mega Leks
Position Power forward
League ABA League
Basketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1994-02-13) February 13, 1994 (age 30)
Vranje, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2015 Spirou Charleroi
2013–2015 → Verviers-Pepinster
2015–present Mega Leks
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Serbia Serbia
U20 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Greece Team
U19 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2013 Czech Republic Team
U18 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lithuania/Latvia
Silver medal – second place 2011 Poland

Nikola Janković (Serbian: Никола Јанковић, born February 13, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Mega Leks of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m), he plays the power forward position.

Professional career

Janković began training basketball in hometown club Ekonomac. Then he played for the younger categories of FMP Železnik and then Crvena zvezda. After turning 18, in 2012 he refused to sign a professional contract with the club from Belgrade, so he moved to Belgium's Spirou Charleroi.[1] Over the season, he averaged 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game in his first international season.

Before the 2013–14 season, he moved to Verviers-Pepinster. In the new team he had much bigger role, averaging 11.4 points and 5.7 rebounds over 34 games played.[2] In 2014–15 season, he appeared in just 18 games, averaging 16.1 points and 6.2 rebounds in 24.9 minutes per game.[3]

On June 5, 2015, he returned to Spirou Charleroi,[4] only to part ways with the team in late August.[5] Following the departure from Spirou Charleroi, he trained with the Serbian team Mega Leks, also playing friendly games with the team starting with September.[6][7] On September 18, 2015, he signed with Mega Leks.[8]

Serbian national team

Janković has successfully performed for the younger representative categories. At the Under-18 European Championships he won two medals - a silver in Poland 2011 and bronze in Lithuania/Latvia 2012. In 2013 he was part of the team that came up to silver medal at the Under-19 World Championship. In 2014 he won another bronze medal - this time with the youth team at the Under-20 European Championship. He was named in the All-Tournament ideal five, averaging 15.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.[9][10]

Awards and accomplishments

References

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