Nikolina Knežević (basketball)
Nikolina Knežević, née Babić, (16 February 1995) is a 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 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]
| BK Žabiny Brno | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Czech Women's Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 16 February 1995 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Nationality | Bosnian |
| Listed height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2015: not drafted round, - |
| Selected by the - | |
| Career history | |
| - | ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo |
| 2020 | ŽKK Budućnost Bemax |
| 2021 | BC Prometey |
| 2022 | İzmit Belediyespor |
| 2022-2023 | BK Žabiny Brno |
Career edit
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 edit
Nikolina won title with ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo.[5]
Personal life edit
Nikolina Babić recently[when?] married and took her husband's surname Knežević.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Nikolina Knežević - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Nikolina Babic Player Profile, Basket Zabiny Brno, News, Stats - Eurobasket - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Jones se priključila reprezentaciji BiH, selektor Lojo odredio 12 Zmajica za Svjetsko prvenstvo | Basket" (in Bosnian). 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Jonquel Jones stigla - selektor izabrao 12 kosarkasica". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Žabiny posilují z Balkánu | ŽBL.BASKETBALL". zbl.basketball (in Czech). CZ.BASKETBALL & eSports.cz. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.