Elmedin Kikanović
 Kikanović with Crvena zvezda in October 2008 | |
| No. 9 – Al Riyadi | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | Lebanese Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 September 1988 Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Bosnian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2010: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2004–present |
| Career history | |
| 2004–2007 | Sloboda Tuzla |
| 2007–2010 | Crvena zvezda |
| 2011–2015 | Enisey |
| 2015 | SLUC Nancy |
| 2015–2017 | Alba Berlin |
| 2017–2019 | Monaco |
| 2019–2020 | Ormanspor |
| 2020 | Monaco |
| 2020–2021 | Ormanspor |
| 2021 | Kuwait SC |
| 2022–present | Al Riyadi |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Elmedin Kikanović (born 2 September 1988) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. He has also played for his country's national basketball team.
Professional career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Kikanović began his career playing for Sloboda Tuzla. From 2007 until 2010, he played for Crvena zvezda, but he was suspended from play in 2010 due to doping.[1] In June 2011, he signed with the Russian club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[2] On 2 May 2015 he joined French club SLUC Nancy midseason.[3] On 21 July 2015 he signed a two-year deal with the German club Alba Berlin.[4]
Monaco and Ormanspor play
[edit]On 17 July 2017, Kikanović signed with AS Monaco of the LNB Pro A for the 2017–18 season.[5] He won the Leaders Cup with Monaco in 2018. On 19 July 2019, Kikanović joined OGM Ormanspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[6] On February 25, 2020, he returned to AS Monaco.[7] On May 21, 2020, he once again returned to OGM Ormanspor.[8]
2021–present
[edit]In July 2021, Kikanovic joined Kuwait SC.[9] On 9 October, he scored a game-high 22 points in the final of the 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship, which Kuwait lost to Al Ahly.[10]
Al Riyadi (2022–present)
[edit]In April 2022, he joined Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. He won the 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia with Al Riyadi.
National team career
[edit]Kikanović has also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team. With Bosnia's senior national team, he played at the EuroBasket 2011, EuroBasket 2013 and the EuroBasket 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ Preradović, V. (1 December 2009). "Zvezda u modi!". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ^ Elmedin Kikanovic moves to Enisey
- ^ "Elmedin Kikanovic moves to SLUC Nancy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ "ALBA Berlin adds size with Kikanovic". Eurocupbasketball.com. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Elmedin Kikanovic joins AS Monaco". Sportando.com. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Ormanspor". ormanspor.org.tr. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (February 25, 2020). "Elmedin Kikanovic returns to Monaco". Sportando. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (May 21, 2020). "Elmedin Kikanovic returns to Ormanspor". Sportando. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Elmedin Kikanović odabrao zanimljivu destinaciju za nastavak karijere". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Hamid Addasi, Abdul (9 October 2021). "Al Ahly defeats Kuwait to grab 33th Arab Clubs Mens championship title". Asia-basket.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
External links
[edit]
- French League profile
- Elmedin Kikanović – profile and statistics at Basketball Bundesliga (archived) (in German)
- FIBA.com profile
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