Milica Dabović

Milica Dabović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Дабовић; born 16 February 1982) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player. She represented the Serbian national basketball team. Standing at 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in), she played at the point guard position.

Milica Dabović
Dabović with the Serbian national team in 2008
Personal information
Born (1982-02-16) 16 February 1982
Cetinje, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
WNBA draft2004 / Undrafted
Playing career1998–2017, 2018–present
PositionPoint guard
Career history
1998–2002Herceg Novi
2002–2003Beopetrol
2003–2004Crvena zvezda
2004UMMC Ekaterinburg
2004–2005Vojvodina
2005–2006UMMC Ekaterinburg
2006–2007Spartak Moscow Region
2007TEO Vilnius
2007Crvena zvezda
2007–2008BC Moscow
2008USO Mondeville
2008–2009Beşiktaş
2009Paleo Faliro-Grecce
2009HATIS Yerevan
2010Lider Pruszkow
2010–2013Partizan
2013–2014Novi Zagreb
2014–2016Union Lyon Basket
2016–2017Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2018–2019Flamurtari Vlorë
2019–2020Vllaznia Shkodra
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
EuroBasket
2015 Budapest

International career

She is a captain of the Serbia national basketball team. At the 2013 EuroBasket team won 4th place and qualified for the 2014 FIBA World Championship.

She led the team once again 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.[1] In 2016, she announced retirement from the professional basketball.

Personal life

Her father is basketball coach Milan Dabović and her mother is Nevenka Dabović, former handball player. Milica has a younger brother Milan, who is an active basketball player, and two sisters, the older Jelica, a former basketball player, and younger Ana, active basketball player.[2] On 20 December 2017 she gave birth to her son Stefan.[3][4] Dabovic is divorced and lives with her son Stefan in Vlorë, Albania.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Serbia women win EuroBasket title, gain first Olympics berth". espn.go.com. Associated Press. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. "SAGA O KOŠARKAŠKOJ DINASTIJI DABOVIĆ". kosmagazin.com. Associated Press. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. "PORODILA SE MILICA DABOVIĆ: Košarkašica rodila sina, evo koje mu je ime dala". Blic. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. "MILICA DABOVIĆ SE PORODILA: Bivša košarkašica rodila sina Stefana!". Kurir. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. "Milica Dabović besna i ljuta: Stefanov otac za nas ne postoji!". story (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. "MALO KO TO ZNA Milica Dabović nije slučajno ZAVRŠILA U ALBANIJI! I ovo je razlog!". alo (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. "Suze uživo: Milica Dabović zaplakala u emisiji! (VIDEO)". mondo (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 April 2020.


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