Rebich Nikola (Serbian: Никола Ребић; born January 22, 1995, Belgrade) is a Serbian professional basketball player, a guard. Since November 2022 he has played for BC Pari Nizhny Novgorod in the VTB United League. Height: 188 cm; weight: 80 kg; jersey number: 4.[1]
Career before coming to Nizhny Novgorod
Rebich's basketball journey began in the system of Belgrade's Crvena Zvezda: in 2013, at the age of 18, he signed his first professional contract with the club. Over three seasons with the "red-and-whites" he played in EuroCup and EuroLeague games, and also twice became Adriatic League champion and twice Serbian champion.[1]
In 2016–2018 Rebich played for another Serbian club, Mega Lex, and spent the first half of 2018 with Bilbao in Spain. The 2018/2019 season, spent with Mornar Bar of Montenegro, was the most productive of his career: in 16 games he averaged 15 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 6.2 assists.[1]
In the 2019/2020 season Rebich tried his hand at the VTB United League for the first time, with Yenisey of Krasnoyarsk: in 18 games of a shortened season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, he averaged 7.6 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists. The guard spent the 2020/2021 season in the French championship, with Monaco and Nanterre, and in 2021/2022 he played for Mitteldeutscher in the German Bundesliga.[1]
In Nizhny Novgorod
In September 2022 Rebich signed a contract with Avtodor of Saratov and returned to the VTB United League. For the Saratov club he managed to play 8 games, averaging 8.1 points, 4.8 assists, 1.5 rebounds, and 0.5 steals, after which he used an option in the agreement and left the team. On November 15, 2022, he joined Pari Nizhny Novgorod.[1]
National team
Rebich played for Serbia's national teams at the U16, U18, and U20 age levels. With the youth teams he won bronze at the U18 (2012) and U20 (2014) European Championships, and in 2015 he became the U20 European Championship winner, earning a place on the tournament's all-tournament team.[3] He also played for the senior national team in qualifying for the 2022 European Championship (EuroBasket 2022).[1]
In addition, with Crvena Zvezda he twice won the Korać Cup, the second most important club tournament in Serbia (2014 and 2015).[3]
Sources
- bcsamara.com — Before joining Crvena Zvezda, Rebić played for the Serbian clubs Radnički and FMP in the 2012/2013 season.
- nn-basket.ru — Nikola Rebić — BC "Nizhny Novgorod"
- championat.com — Championat