Slovenian international Aleksej Nikolić agrees on cooperation with Cedevita Olimpija
We will be watching Slovenian international Aleksej Nikolić at the point guard position at Cedevita Olimpija for the next two seasons.
Aleksej Nikolic (Photo: Partizan Mozzart Bet)
The 29-year-old point guard, who is a member of the Slovenia National team and the gold medal holder from 2017 EuroBasket, Aleksej Nikolić, has joined Cedevita Olimpija. Nikolić used to play for Postojna, Zlatorog Laško, Spars Sarajevo, Bamberg, Baunach Young Pikes, Partizan Mozzart Bet, Treviso, Gravelines-Dunkerque, Burgos, Sassari, Brescia, Gran Canaria and at last, the French side Elan Chalon, so far in his career.
“The emotions as I have signed with Cedevita Olimpija are excellent. I am looking forward to returning home to Slovenia after more than a decade spent abroad. For the first time, I will be playing for my home country club at the senior level. I cannot wait for the season to begin,” Aleksej Nikolić told as he signed a contract with the Ljubljana club.
In the 2023/24 season, Nikolić appeared in 31 games for his Chalon, averaging 12.8 points, 5.5 assists, and 3 rebounds per game.
Aleksej used to wear the Slovenia National Team jersey at two World Cup tournaments (2014, 2023) and two EuroBasket tournaments (2017, 2022) and the Olympic Games in Tokyo. At the same time, he played in all Qualification Rounds for the big tournaments for Slovenia lately. He used to be a part of the Slovenia National Teams ever since his 16th year of age and in 2017 he made his greatest achievement, as he lifted the EuroBasket trophy together with his teammates.
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Slovenski reprezentant Aleksej Nikolić prihaja k Cedevita Olimpiji
Na položaju organizatorja igre bomo v dresu Cedevite Olimpije prihodnji dve sezoni lahko spremljali slovenskega reprezentanta in nosilca zlate medalje iz EuroBasketa 2017, Alekseja Nikolića.
Članskemu moštvu Cedevite Olimpije se je pridružil 29-letni organizator igre, slovenski reprezentant in evropski prvak iz leta 2017, Aleksej Nikolić. Nikolić (191 cm, letnik 1995) je doslej igral za Postojno, Zlatorog Laško, Spars Sarajevo, Bamberg, Baunach Young Pikes, Partizan Mozzart Bet, Treviso, Gravelines-Dunkerque, Burgos, Sassari, Brescio, Gran Canario in nazadnje francoski Élan Chalon.
"Občutki ob podpisu pogodbe s Cedevito Olimpijo so odlični. Veselim se vrnitve v Slovenijo po več kot desetletju igranja v tujini, obenem bom prvič zaigral za slovenski klub na članski ravni. Zagotovo komaj čakam začetek sezone," je ob podpisu pogodbe povedal Aleksej Nikolić.
V tekmovalni sezoni 2023/24 je za Chalon zaigral na 31 tekmah, v povprečju pa dosegal 12,8 točke, 5,5 asistence in 3,0 skoke na tekmo. V svoji karieri se Nikolić lahko pohvali z naslovom italijanskega pokalnega prvaka iz leta 2023 in nemškega pokalnega prvaka iz leta 2017.
V dresu članske reprezentance smo ga do sedaj lahko spremljali na dveh svetovnih (2014, 2023) ter dveh evropskih prvenstvih (2017, 2022) in na olimpijskih igrah leta 2021 v Tokiu. Obenem je bil del reprezentance tudi v vseh kvalifikacijah za velika tekmovanja v zadnjem obdobju.
Del slovenskih reprezentanc je vse od starostne kategorije do 16. leta, največji uspeh s slovensko moško člansko reprezentanco pa je dosegel leta 2017, ko je skupaj s preostalimi člani Zlate reprezentance osvojil naslov evropskega prvaka.
