Aleksa Avramović
Serbian guard, Olympic bronze medalist and Best Defensive Player.
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Aleksa Avramović, a Serbian professional basketball player born on October 25, 1994, plays for Bahçeşehir Koleji in the Basketbol Süper Ligi and EuroCup, and also suits up for the Serbian men's national team.
Professional career
Avramović began his senior career with Borac Čačak during the 2013–14 season, then played one season for OKK Beograd. He returned to Borac Čačak in the summer of 2015. In the first half of the 2015–16 season he was the league's leading scorer and MVP. In a February game against Mladost Zemun he scored 47 points on 15-of-21 shooting, with 6 assists and 12 rebounds, earning an index rating of 63 and MVP of the round.
Varese (2016–2019)
He finished that season averaging 20.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game. On June 16, 2016, he signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Varese. He debuted on October 3, 2016 against Dinamo Sassari with 4 points in 15 minutes. In the first round of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League he scored 29 points in 25 minutes against ASVEL.
Over 25 Italian League games that season he averaged 6.5 points on 36.4% shooting. In 2017–18 he improved to 11.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists over 30 Italian League games. The following season he emerged as team leader, averaging 17.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3 assists over 30 games, shooting 43.8% from the field and 39.5% on 5.2 three-point attempts per game. On June 28, 2019, he signed a two-year deal with Unicaja of the Liga ACB reportedly worth 530,000 euros.
Unicaja (2019–2021)
He was loaned to Estudiantes in December 2019 and averaged 14.7 points per game before the season was suspended. He re-signed with Estudiantes on June 10, 2020, and in 2020–21 averaged 16.4 points, 3.5 assists and 2.9 rebounds over 36 Spanish League games.
Partizan (2021–2024)
On July 6, 2021, he signed a two-year deal with Partizan. On March 6, 2022, in the Eternal derby against KK Crvena zvezda, he scored 33 points with 6 assists and 1 rebound in a 98–84 victory. Over the 2021–22 season he averaged 11.1 points and 3.3 assists over 32 ABA League games.
National team career
Avramović played for Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup under manager Svetislav Pešić, winning a silver medal after losing to Germany in the final. Over seven games he averaged 11.3 points, 2.1 assists and 1.4 rebounds. At the 2024 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal, averaging 10.5 points, 3.2 assists and 2.5 rebounds over six games, and was named the tournament's Best Defensive Player, ahead of Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Bronze 2024 Paris Team
- Silver FIBA World Cup — 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia Team
Domestic leagues
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Borac Čačak | KLS | 22 | 3.0 | .333 | .143 | .500 | .2 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 0.4 |
| 2014–15 | OKK Beograd | KLS | 20 | 15.4 | .566 | .300 | .816 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | .1 | 8.9 |
| 2015–16 | Borac Čačak | KLS | 30 | 31.6 | .527 | .390 | .850 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 2.1 | .3 | 20.1 |
| 2016–17 | Varese | LBA | 25 | 14.8 | .364 | .232 | .814 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .7 | .0 | 6.5 |
| 2017–18 | Varese | LBA | 33 | 22.7 | .439 | .299 | .798 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .1 | 12.6 |
| 2018–19 | Varese | LBA | 30 | 28.6 | .438 | .395 | .761 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 | .2 | 17.7 |
| 2019–20 | Málaga | ACB | 11 | 10.8 | .404 | .308 | .857 | 1.4 | .6 | .3 | .1 | 4.4 |
| Estudiantes | ACB | 10 | 26.2 | .412 | .345 | .750 | 3.3 | 1.5 | .9 | .1 | 14.7 | |
| 2020–21 | Estudiantes | ACB | 36 | 29.8 | .438 | .312 | .839 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 1.2 | .3 | 16.4 |
| 2021–22 | Partizan | ABA | 32 | 22.0 | .481 | .409 | .775 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.1 | .2 | 11.1 |
| 2022–23 | Partizan | ABA | 17 | 16.2 | .551 | .442 | .833 | 1.8 | 3.2 | .9 | .1 | 8.3 |
| 2023–24 | Partizan | KLS | 4 | 29.1 | .389 | .263 | .783 | 4.0 | 5.2 | .7 | .2 | 12.7 |
| 2023–24 | Partizan | ABA | 25 | 18.1 | .500 | .395 | .824 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .9 | .2 | 10.8 |
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