Ana Dabović

Club career

Dabović started her professional career with WBC Herceg Novi, playing there from 2005 to 2007. She then moved to Albanian side Flamurtari Vlore for the 2007–08 season before returning to Herceg Novi a year later. Over the following years, she played for Greek club WBC Aris, Russian team WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk, Polish Wisła Kraków, and Turkish TED Ankara Kolejliler.

In April 2013, she signed with Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League. She later played for Ormanspor in the Turkish Women's Basketball League, and in 2015 she played for Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi. Dabović returned to Dynamo Moscow in 2016, and in 2017 she signed with Fenerbahçe.

WNBA career

Dabović entered the 2009 WNBA draft but went undrafted, then spent the next six years playing overseas. On February 18, 2015, she signed a contract with the Los Angeles Sparks. She made her WNBA debut on July 8, 2015, scoring 2 points in 8 minutes against the San Antonio Stars. Her role grew over time, and across 24 regular-season games she averaged 8.8 points, 1.9 assists, and 1.6 rebounds while shooting 44.6% from the field.

These performances earned her a spot on the 2015 WNBA All-Rookie Team. In 2016, Dabović won her first WNBA championship with the Sparks as they defeated the Minnesota Lynx 3–2 in the finals. On February 1, 2018, she signed a contract to return to the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2018 WNBA season.

Did You Know?

• She was in a relationship with former Belgrade mayor and Basketball Federation of Serbia president Dragan Đilas from 2013 until the end of 2014.
• Her father Milan Dabović is a basketball coach, and her mother Nevenka Dabović is a former handball player.
• She won a bronze medal with the Serbian national team at the 2016 Olympics, the first Olympic medal for Serbian women's basketball.