Aleksa Novaković

Aleksa Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Новаковић; born 30 August 1996) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Falco KC Szombathely of the Hungarian Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Eastern Illinois Panthers.

Aleksa Novaković

No. 17 – Falco KC Szombathely
Position	Small forward
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Personal information
Born	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 29) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Career information
High school	Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada)
College	Eastern Illinois (2015–2016)
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016	We're Basket Ortona
2016–2017	Nuovo Basket Aquilano
2017–2019	Mladost Zemun
2019–2020	Novi Pazar
2020–2023	Borac Čačak
2023–2024	BC Nizhny Novgorod
2024–present	Falco KC Szombathely

High school and college career

Novaković moved to U.S. to play high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada.^[1]

As a college basketball player, Novaković played his freshman year with the Eastern Illinois Panthers. He appeared in 8 games (all off the bench) in their 2015–16 season, averaging 0.6 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game.^[2] He left the Panthers after his freshman year.^[1]

Professional career

After his college basketball career, Novaković played for Italian teams We're Basket Ortona and Nuovo Basket Aquilano in the 2016–17 season.^[3][4] Novaković played for Mladost Zemun and Novi Pazar of the Serbian League before joining Borac Čačak in 2020.^[5][6] On 25 June 2022, he signed a two-year contract extension with Borac Čačak.^[7] On August 14th 2023 BC Pari Nizhny Novgorod announced that they signed one-year contract with Novaković.

National team career

In June 2022, Serbia national team head coach Svetislav Pešić added Novaković to the 20-man roster for the third window games at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.^[8][9]