No. 7 – Partizan NIS Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||
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ABA League Basketball League of Serbia EuroCup |
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Born |
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia |
January 24, 1998 ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Mega Leks | ||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandar Aranitović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Аранитовић, born 24 January 1998) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in), he plays at the shooting guard position. His older brother Petar is also a professional basketball player.
Aranitović played in youth categories with Crvena zvezda. He made his debut with Zvezda's first team during the 2014–15 Serbian League season. On July 16, 2015, Crvena zvezda loaned him to Mega Leks for the 2015–16 season. On January 25, 2016, he signed his first professional contract with Crvena zvezda until 2020. While playing with Mega Leks, he got injured in early February 2016, and later missed the rest of the 2015–16 season. In December 2016, he renewed his injury and later missed the whole 2016–17 season.
On August 9, 2017, Aranitović signed a three-year contract with Partizan.
With Serbia's junior national team, Aranitović won the silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. He also played at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.