Ana Dabović

Ana Dabović

Dabović with Dynamo Moscow in 2013
No. 23 – Los Angeles Sparks
Position Shooting guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1989-08-18) August 18, 1989
Cetinje, Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Career information
WNBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present
Career history
2005–2007 Herceg Novi
2007–2008 Flamutari Viore
2008–2009 Herceg Novi
2009–2010 Aris Thessaloniki
2010–2011 Dynamo Novosibirsk
2011–2012 Wisla Can Pack
2012–2013 TED Ankara WBC
2013–2014 Dynamo Moscow
2014–2015 Ormanspor
2015–present Los Angeles Sparks
2015–2016 Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
2016–present Dynamo Kursk
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
EuroBasket
2015 Budapest
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara Team
European U20 Championship
2008 Italy Team
European U18 Championship
2006 Spain Team

Ana Dabović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Дабовић; born 18 August 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Standing at 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in), she plays at the shooting guard position. She also represents the Serbian national basketball team.

Since April 17, 2015, she is a president of ŽKK Vojvodina.[1]

Club career

Dabović began her professional career in WBC Herceg Novi, playing there from 2005 until 2007. She then signed with the Albanian team Flamurtari Vlore for the 2007–08 season, only to return a year later to Herceg Novi. In the following years she played for several foreign teams, including Greek WBC Aris, Russian 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.[2] She later played for Ormanspor in the Turkish Women's Basketball League.[3]

WNBA career

On February 18, 2015, Dabović signed a contract with the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.[4] On July 8, 2015, she made the WNBA debut for the Sparks, scoring 2 points in 8 minutes of action against the San Antonio Stars.[5] Despite some limited minutes in the beginning of her stint with the Sparks, her role in the team increased over the time. Over 24 regular-season games, she averaged 8.8 points, 1.9 assists and 1.6 rebounds on 44.6% shooting from the field. For such performances, she was selected into the 2015 WNBA All-Rookie Team.[6] In 2016, Dabović won her first WNBA championship with the Sparks as they defeated the Minnesota Lynx 3-2 in the finals.

International career

She represented Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015 in Budapest where they won the gold medal, and qualified for the 2016 Olympics, first in the history for the Serbian team.[7] On August 20, 2016 the Serbian team played for bronzed medal against France and won 70:63. This is the first medal Serbian women basketball team won in the Olympics.

Personal life

Family

Her father is basketball coach Milan Dabović and her mother is Nevenka Dabović, former handball player. Ana has an older brother Milan, who is an active basketball player, and two older sisters, Jelica, a former basketball player, and Milica, active basketball player.[8]

Relationships

Since 2013, she was in a relationship with the former mayor of Belgrade and president of Basketball Federation of Serbia, Dragan Đilas.[9] The couple separated at the end of 2014.[10]

WNBA statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Los Angeles 24 8 22.1 .446 .333 .808 1.6 1.9 .8 .0 1.5 8.8
2016 Los Angeles 22 0 10.7 .370 .158 .759 .8 1.3 .5 .0 .8 3.0
Career 2 years, 1 team 46816.7.427.291.7901.21.6.7.01.26.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Los Angeles 3019.6.500.714.7141.73.7.3.0.311.7
2016 Los Angeles 608.0.071.1431.000.32.0.1.0.60.8
Career 2 years, 1 team 9011.9.324.429.7500.82.6.2.0.64.4

References

  1. ↑ Najlepša srpska košarkašica koja igra u WNBA postala predsednik Vojvodine! at telegraf.rs (Serbian)
  2. ↑ "Dynamo Moscow sign Ana Dabovic". lovewomensbasketball.com. 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  3. ↑ "Ormanspor signs Serbian guard Ana Dabovic and Dutch forward Chatilla van Grinsven". lovewomensbasketball.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "SPARKS SIGN SERBIAN GUARD ANA DABOVIC". wnba.com. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Robinson, San Antonio beat Los Angeles 70–63". wnba.com. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Storm's Jewell Loyd Headlines 2015 WNBA All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Serbia women win EuroBasket title, gain first Olympics berth". espn.go.com. Associated Press. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "SAGA O KOŠARKAŠKOJ DINASTIJI DABOVIĆ". kosmagazin.com. Associated Press. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "LJUBAV U MOSKVI: Đilas u vezi s košarkašicom Anom Dabović!". kurir.rs (in Serbian). 13 November 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ana Dabović: U ljubavi često promašujem". story.rs (in Serbian). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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