Aleksej Nikolić (191 cm, 1995) has so far played for Postojna, Zlatorog Laško, Spars Sarajevo, Bamberg, Baunach Young Pikes, Partizan, Treviso, Gravelines, Burgos, Sassari, Brescia, Gran Canaria and in the previous season the French Élan Chalon.

The 29-year-old from Postojna played with Bamberg in the Euroleague between 2015 and 2018, where he played in 51 games, ten of which he started in the starting five of his team. He averaged 2.4 points, 1.4 assists and 0.7 rebounds per game in just over 10 minutes he spent on the floor. In the EuroCup, he played a total of 27 games with Partizan and Brescia, averaging 7.4 points, 3.1 assists and 1.9 rebounds per faceoff in just over 20 minutes of play.

Nikolić also competed with Burgos and Sassari in the Basketball Champions League, playing in a total of nine games. He averaged 6.2 points and 3.5 assists for Burgos, and 7.3 points and 3.0 assists per game for Sassari.

In the 2023/24 competitive season, he played in 31 games for Chalon, averaging 12.8 points, 5.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game. In his career, Nikolić won the title of Italian Cup champion from 2023 and German Cup champion from 2017.

So far, we have been able to follow him in the jersey of the national team at two world championships (2014, 2023) and two European championships (2017, 2022) and at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He was part of the national team in all the qualifiers for major competitions in recent years. He played in eight games at the 2014 World Cup and averaged 8.3 points, 3.1 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game. He is part of the Slovenian national team from the age category up to the age of 16, and he achieved his greatest success with the Slovenian men’s national team in 2017, when together with the rest of the members of the Golden National Team, he won the title of European champion.