Ana Dabović

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Ana Dabović
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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 (age 34)
Cetinje, Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 160 lb (73 kg)
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 WBC
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 Moscow
Career highlights and awards

Ana Dabović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Дабовић; born 18 August 1989) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. Standing at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 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, only to return 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]

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 beggining 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]

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]

Personal life

Ana is a sister of Serbian basketball player Milica Dabović. Since 2013, she was in a relationship with the former mayor of Belgrade and president of Basketball Federation of Serbia, Dragan Đilas.[8] The couple separated at the end of 2014.[9]

References

  1. Najlepša srpska košarkašica koja igra u WNBA postala predsednik Vojvodine! at telegraf.rs (Serbian)
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