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Biography
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.
Professional career
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. He made his professional debut with Partizan during the 2004–05 season. He was the Adriatic League Final Four MVP in 2009, and won the Euroleague Rising Star award for the 2008–09 season.
Veličković was seen as the first target of Real Madrid's new coach Ettore Messina. His transfer, with the signing of a two-year contract with an option for a third one, was made official on June 23, 2009. In June 2012, Real Madrid decided to release Veličković due to the numerous injuries.
On January 31, 2013, he signed a short-term contract with the Serbian team Mega Vizura. In the game against the Radnički Kragujevac on May 12, he recorded season-best 37 points while shooting 11 from 16 from the field and grabbed 8 rebounds.
On August 5, 2013, Veličković signed a contract for the upcoming season with the German team Brose Baskets. He was released on February 20, 2014. Four days later, he returned to Mega Vizura for the remainder of the season.
On June 21, 2014, he signed a one-year contract with the Turkish team Trabzonspor. On May 24, 2015, he extended his contract with Trabzonspor for one more season. On March 1, 2016, he left Trabzonspor and signed with his former club Partizan for the rest of the season.
On September 14, 2016, Veličković re-signed with Partizan for the 2016–17 season.
Serbian national team
Veličković was a member of the U20 Serbian national teams in 2005 and 2006 in Chekhov and İzmir respectively. He made his debut with the senior Serbian national team at the EuroBasket 2007 in Spain, and he also won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2009 in Poland. He has been a member of the Serbian national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship where Serbia was defeated 99-88 by Lithuania in the game for the bronze medal.
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Euroleague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Partizan | 12 | 0 | 3.4 | .714 | .500 | .333 | .5 | .0 | .3 | .0 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
| 2006–07 | Partizan | 20 | 1 | 7.0 | .500 | .500 | .520 | 1.8 | .3 | .5 | .1 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| 2007–08 | Partizan | 22 | 21 | 28.2 | .446 | .299 | .750 | 6.9 | 1.6 | .8 | .3 | 10.6 | 11.7 |
| 2008–09 | Partizan | 19 | 15 | 26.1 | .428 | .324 | .750 | 5.1 | 1.8 | .8 | .4 | 11.5 | 11.7 |
| 2009–10 | Real Madrid | 16 | 8 | 22.6 | .500 | .417 | .576 | 4.1 | 1.8 | .8 | .3 | 7.9 | 9.1 |
| 2010–11 | Real Madrid | 19 | 2 | 12.1 | .416 | .333 | .462 | 2.8 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 2011–12 | Real Madrid | 7 | 1 | 11.5 | .414 | .300 | .250 | 1.9 | 1.6 | .7 | .1 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2013–14 | Brose Baskets | 5 | 4 | 20.0 | .357 | .083 | .833 | 2.8 | 1.2 | .4 | .0 | 7.2 | 4.8 |
| Career | 120 | 52 | 17.2 | .446 | .310 | .632 | 3.7 | 1.1 | .6 | .2 | 6.4 | 6.6 |