Nikola Kalinić (basketball)

Nikola Kalinić
	Kalinić with Fenerbahçe in 2019.
No. 12 – Crvena zvezda
Position	Small forward / Power forward
League	Basketball League of Serbia; ABA League; EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	8 November 1991 (age 32); Subotica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2013: undrafted
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2010	Spartak Subotica
2010–2011	Novi Sad
2011–2013	Vojvodina Srbijagas
2013–2014	Radnički Kragujevac
2014–2015	Crvena zvezda
2015–2020	Fenerbahçe
2020–2021	Valencia
2021–2022	Crvena zvezda
2022–2024	FC Barcelona
2024–present	Crvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards
	EuroLeague champion (2017); 2× ABA League champion (2015, 2022); 2× BLS champion (2015, 2022); 3× TBSL champion (2016–2018); 2× Serbian Cup winner (2015, 2022); 3× Turkish Cup winner (2016, 2019, 2020); 2× Turkish President's Cup winner (2016, 2017); EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer (2017); ABA League MVP (2022); All-ABA League Team (2022);
Men's basketball
Representing Serbia
Summer Olympics
World Cup
Mediterranean Games
Universiade

Nikola Kalinić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Калинић; born 8 November 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, the Serbian League and the EuroLeague. He is also a former Serbian national basketball team player. He is a 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall small forward and he is often considered as a premier player at his position within European basketball.

Professional career

Early years

Kalinić made his professional debut with his hometown team Spartak Subotica. In the 2010–11 season, he played with KK Novi Sad, and then from 2011 to 2013, he played with Vojvodina Srbijagas.

In July 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Radnički Kragujevac.^[1]^[2] Over 25 games played in the ABA League, he averaged 6.4 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Crvena zvezda

On 21 July 2014, Kalinić signed a three-year contract with Crvena zvezda.^[3] In his debut EuroLeague season, he averaged 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2 assists per game, over 24 games played. In his first season with the club, he won a triple crown, winning the Serbian League, Serbian Cup, and ABA League.

Fenerbahçe

On 31 July 2015, Crvena zvezda announced that Kalinić moved to Fenerbahçe, for a buyout amount of €1 million euros.^[4] On 12 August 2015, Fenerbahçe officially announced that Kalinić had signed a two-year contract, with the option of an additional year.^[5]

In his first season with the team, Kalinić won the Turkish Cup title, in a 67–65 win over Darüşşafaka. Fenerbahçe also reached the finals game of the 2016 Euroleague Final Four, but fell short of winning the EuroLeague championship, after an overtime 96–101 loss to CSKA Moscow.^[6] Over 29 EuroLeague games played that season, he averaged 4.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. At the end of the season, Fenerbahçe also won the Turkish League championship.

On 7 July 2017, Kalinić re-signed with Fenerbahçe for three more seasons.^[7] In the 2017–18 EuroLeague season, Fenerbahçe made it to the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four, the club's fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. Eventually, they lost to Real Madrid, by a score of 80–85 in the finals game.^[8] Over 19 EuroLeague games played that season, he averaged 5.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.

Valencia

On 18 July 2020, Kalinić officially moved to Spanish EuroLeague club Valencia on a one-year contract.^[9]

Return to Crvena zvezda

On 15 July 2021, Crvena zvezda announced that they had signed with Kalinić.^[10] On 27 April 2022, Kalinić was selected the 2021–22 ABA League MVP.^[11] The club won ABA League, Serbian League, and Serbian Cup in the 2021–22 season.

FC Barcelona

On 12 July 2022, Kalinić signed a two-year deal with FC Barcelona, after an agreement was also reached between Barcelona and Valencia concerning his Spanish league contract rights.

Third stint with Crvena zvezda

On 21 June 2024, Kalinić signed a three-year deal with Crvena zvezda.

National team career

Kalinić represented the senior Serbia men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013. He was also a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, under new head coach Aleksandar Đorđević.

He represented Serbia once again at the EuroBasket 2015.^[12] In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the tournament's toughest group, Group B, with a 5–0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal games, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania, by a score of 67–64,^[13] and eventually lost to the host team France, in the bronze-medal game, by a score of 81–68.^[14] Over 9 tournament games played, Kalinić averaged 5.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, on 69% shooting from the field and 33.3% shooting from the free-throw line.^[15]

Kalinić also represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where they won the silver medal, after losing to the United States in the final game, by a score of 96–66.^[16]

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

EuroLeague

†	Denotes seasons in which Kalinić won the EuroLeague


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2014-15	Crvena zvezda	24	10	26.0	.429	.355	.627	3.9	2.0	.8	.2	9.2	9.1
2015-16	Fenerbahçe	29	13	18.9	.434	.242	.711	3.3	1.2	.4	.2	4.6	5.4
2016-17†		33	20	24.0	.482	.347	.837	3.1	1.5	.8	.3	7.5	8.3
2017-18		19	13	17.5	.494	.286	.800	1.6	1.2	.5	.2	5.5	5.4
2018-19		35	16	25.5	.484	.398	.785	3.3	1.8	.7	.2	9.6	10.5
2019-20		26	12	22.9	.426	.314	.870	2.5	1.7	.8	.1	6.6	6.2
2020-21	Valencia	34	25	26.6	.533	.333	.789	3.4	3.2	.9	.4	10.4	12.3
2021-22	Crvena zvezda	32	32	30.1	.436	.276	.717	3.9	3.4	1.0	.1	12.6	11.7
2022-23	Barcelona	38	26	22.5	.478	.405	.700	3.3	1.6	.7	.2	6.4	7.7
2023-24	Barcelona	39	38	24.6	.429	.406	.581	3.8	2.4	.8	.1	7.3	8.3
Career		309	205	24.2	.462	.348	.741	3.3	2.0	.8	.2	8.1	8.7

EuroCup


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2013-14	Radnički Kragujevac	16	15	25.6	.575	.381	.688	3.5	2.6	1.0	.3	10.2	12.3
Career		16	15	25.6	.575	.381	.688	3.5	2.6	1.0	.3	10.2	12.3

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010-11	Novi Sad	KLS	23	23.2	.454	.238	.806	3.4	.7	1.3	.7	7.7
2011-12	Vojvodina Srbijagas	KLS	34	24.4	.511	.323	.726	3.8	1.7	1.6	.4	9.0
2012-13	Vojvodina Srbijagas	KLS	42	25.8	.556	.371	.772	4.2	2.0	1.3	.3	10.4
2013-14	Radnički Kragujevac	KLS	16	29.3	.488	.347	.796	5.2	2.7	1.0	.5	11.1
2013-14	Radnički Kragujevac	ABA	25	23.1	.386	.300	.731	4.0	1.4	.9	.3	6.4
2014-15	Crvena zvezda	KLS	18	23.1	.489	.358	.627	3.9	1.9	1.5	.3	9.9
2014-15	Crvena zvezda	ABA	34	22.8	.512	.382	.718	4.1	1.5	1.0	.6	10.1
2015-16	Fenerbahçe	BSL	37	20.6	.503	.379	.758	3.1	1.7	.6	.3	6.6
2016-17	Fenerbahçe	BSL	34	24.5	.500	.412	.743	2.9	2.0	.9	.1	8.4
2018-19	Fenerbahçe	BSL	30	27.9	.527	.364	.792	4.0	2.8	.8	.1	11.5
2019-20	Fenerbahçe	BSL	15	26.7	.462	.255	.933	2.9	3.3	.9	.2	9.2
2020-21	Valencia	ACB	41	23.3	.559	.392	.804	3.8	2.8	.9	.2	9.8
2021-22	Crvena zvezda	KLS	3	19.0	.571	.444	.900	2.3	4.3	1.3	.3	12.3
2021-22	Crvena zvezda	ABA	31	26.2	.448	.415	.736	3.4	3.3	.9	.1	11.3
2022-23	Barcelona	ACB	38	19.0	.486	.333	.815	3.4	1.6	.5	.2	6.7
2023-24	Barcelona	ACB	34	19.3	.436	.386	.659	3.2	1.9	.6	.1	5.6

Personal life

Nikola is the son of former table tennis player Zoran Kalinić (born 1958), and Dragica (née Tošić), a former handball player.^[17]^[18] His older brother Uroš (b. 1986) is a water polo player for Montpellier, while his sister Mina also played handball.^[17]^[18] The children in the family all once played ping pong and went to tennis school.^[17]

Kalinić injured his chin during childhood, leaving a visibly deformed chin with surgery failing to fix it. He has said that he suffers no pain from it.^[19]

References

^ "Radnicki tabs Nikola Kalinic". Sportando. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
^ "Nikola Kalinić prešao u Radnički" (in Serbian). b92.net. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
^ "Kalinić prvo pojačanje Zvezde". b92.net (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
^ "Kalinić u Fenerbahčeu za milion evra". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Fenerbahce signs Kalinic away from Crvena Zvezda". Euroleague.net. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
^ "CSKA Moscow claims its seventh Euroleague crown after OT thriller". euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ "Fenerbahce, Kalinic together until 2020". Euroleague.net. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ "Real Madrid is 2018 EuroLeague champion". euroleague.net. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ Carchia, Emiliano (18 July 2020). "Valencia signs Nikola Kalinic". Sportando. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ ""Kalina" se vratio svojoj kući!!!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "2021/22 Regular Season NLB MVP: Nikola Kalinić (Crvena zvezda mts)". aba-liga.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ "LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "Player profile: Nikola Kalinic". eurobasket2015.org. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "Rio Olympics 2016: USA beat Serbia in men's basketball to win last gold of Games". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zoran Kalinić za Blic: Nikola, zakucaj i Brazil!" (in Serbian). sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Dok je Zoran nizao medalje, Dragica je bila i mama i tata" (in Serbian). vesti-online.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ "KALINIĆEV OTAC: Nikola iz detinjstva vuče problem s vilicom! (FOTO)". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 9 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

External links

Nikola Kalinić at aba-liga.com
Nikola Kalinić at Eurobasket.com
Nikola Kalinić at EuroLeague.net
Nikola Kalinic at FIBA
Nikola Kalinić at TBLStat.net
Nikola Kalinić at Olympedia
Nikola Kalinić at Olympics.com
Nikola Kalinić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
Nikola Kalinić on Instagram

[1] "Radnicki tabs Nikola Kalinic". Sportando. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

[2] "Nikola Kalinić prešao u Radnički" (in Serbian). b92.net. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

[3] "Kalinić prvo pojačanje Zvezde". b92.net (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

[4] "Kalinić u Fenerbahčeu za milion evra". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[5] "Fenerbahce signs Kalinic away from Crvena Zvezda". Euroleague.net. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

[6] "CSKA Moscow claims its seventh Euroleague crown after OT thriller". euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[7] "Fenerbahce, Kalinic together until 2020". Euroleague.net. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[EuroLeague18Champ-8] "Real Madrid is 2018 EuroLeague champion". euroleague.net. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[9] Carchia, Emiliano (18 July 2020). "Valencia signs Nikola Kalinic". Sportando. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[10] ""Kalina" se vratio svojoj kući!!!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[11] "2021/22 Regular Season NLB MVP: Nikola Kalinić (Crvena zvezda mts)". aba-liga.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[12] "AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[13] "LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[14] "FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[15] "Player profile: Nikola Kalinic". eurobasket2015.org. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[16] "Rio Olympics 2016: USA beat Serbia in men's basketball to win last gold of Games". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[blic259207-17] "Zoran Kalinić za Blic: Nikola, zakucaj i Brazil!" (in Serbian). sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[vesti10934-18] "Dok je Zoran nizao medalje, Dragica je bila i mama i tata" (in Serbian). vesti-online.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[19] "KALINIĆEV OTAC: Nikola iz detinjstva vuče problem s vilicom! (FOTO)". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 9 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

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Nikola Kalinić (basketball)

Professional career

Early years

Crvena zvezda

Fenerbahçe

Valencia

Return to Crvena zvezda

FC Barcelona

Third stint with Crvena zvezda

National team career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

EuroCup

Domestic leagues

Personal life

See also

References

External links

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