Novica Veličković
Veličković with Partizan in 2016
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| No. 12 – Partizan NIS Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ABA League Basketball League of Serbia Champions League |
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| Born |
October 5, 1986 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 109 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004–2009 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Mega Vizura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Brose Baskets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Mega Vizura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Trabzonspor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Novica Veličković (Serbian Cyrillic: Новица Величковић; born October 5, 1986) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in), he plays at the power forward position, but he can also play at small forward.
Veličković started playing basketball for KK Drvomarket in 1996. Then he played for KK Zemun from 1998 to 2001 before signing with KK Partizan in 2001.
Veličković made his professional debut with Partizan during the 2004–05 season. He made his Euroleague debut on 3 November 2005 against Pau-Orthez, scoring 2 points. In the 2007–08 season, Veličković had a bigger role in the team. On 16 January 2008 in a 88–87 lost to Lottomatica Roma, he scored 22 points and 9 rebounds, his best game in new season. He led the team with 11 points and 4 rebounds to the Euroleague Quarterfinals in a 82–73 win over Panathinaikos on 19 March 2008. Over the season, in 22 Euroleague games, Veličković averaged 10.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.
In February 2009, he won the Serbian Cup in a 80–65 win over Crvena zvezda and he was the MVP of the competition. On 31 March 2009, Veličković scored a career-high 26 points against CSKA Moscow. On 18 April 2009, he helped his team with 17 points and 8 rebounds in a 63–49 win over Cibona to win the 2008–09 ABA League trophy. For his performances, he was named the Adriatic League Final Four MVP. In April 2009, he won the Euroleague Rising Star award for the 2008–09 season. Partizan finished the season by winning 8th consecutive Serbian League title, after once again defeating their archrivals, Crvena zvezda, 3–2 in the league's finals series. Veličković was named the Serbian Super League MVP and MVP of the finals.
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