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Montenegrin basketball player

Ana Baletić

Ana Baletić with Montenegro women's national team
Personal information
Born (1985-07-19) July 19, 1985 (age 39)Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Montenegrin
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2000–present
Position Small forward / power forward
Career history
2000-2002 Roling
2002-2003 Vojvodina
2003-2008 Buducnost
2008-2009 Mann Filter
2009-2010 Željezničar
2010-2011 Athinaikos
2012-2013 Buducnost Podgorica
2013-2014 Rucon
2014-2015 Kibirkštis-VIČI Vilnius
2015 Basket Konin
2015-2016 Udominate[1]
2016-2017 Piestanke Cajky
2018-2019 AD Vagos[2]
2019-2020 Heliopolis
Career highlights and awards
5× First League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro champion (2002–2006) 2× Serbia and Montenegro Cup winner (2002, 2003) 3× First A League of Montenegro champion (2007, 2008, 2013) 4× Montenegrin Basketball Cup winner (2006–2008, 2013) First A League of Montenegro top scorer (2008) League of Bosnia and Herzegovina champion (2010) Adriatic League champion (2013) First A League of Montenegro MVP (2013) Adriatic League top scorer (2013) Montenegrin Basketball Cup top scorer (2013)

Ana Baletić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ана Балетић) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. She represented the Montenegrin national team. Standing at 1.85m (6 ft 1 in) she plays small forward, but she is capable of covering power forward as well.

National team career

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In 2001, 15 year old Baletić competed in the FIBA U16 European Championship[3] for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national team (FR Yugoslavia). Over the next few years of FIBA Europe tournaments, Baletić did not make national U-17 nor national U-18 and U-19 teams.

EuroBasket Women 2011 qualification

After the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, Baletić was selected as a member of the Montenegro women's national basketball team. The new team started in the lower divisions of FIBA Europe competition, before a 12–0 record in Division B competition in 2008–09 promoted the team to the top-flight Division A of European Women's Basketball.[4] In 2010, at the EuroBasket Women 2011 qualification tournament, Baletić and the Montenegro club qualified for the 2011 Eurobasket tournament.[5][6] in group C, where she was top scorer for three points in the national team. Ana competed in the 2011 EuroBasket tournament with Montenegro national team, where they took 1st place in the group C and they finished on 6st place. Montenegro national team qualified from 1st place in group B in EuroBasket 2013 qualification. She competed in the EuroBasket 2013,[7] where she played in starting five and team took 2nd place in group and finished on 10th place. They qualified for EuroBasket 2015 on EuroBasket 2015 qualification, where they took 1st place in group D.

Career achievements and awards

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Club

National team

  1. ^ "2016 EuroCup Women". FIBA. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  2. ^ Santos, Joao (2018-12-20). "AD Vagos ink Ana Baletic". basketball.eurobasket.com/Montenegro. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  3. ^ "European Championship for Cadettes". FIBA. 2001-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  4. ^ "2009 EuroBasket Women". FIBA. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  5. ^ "2011 EuroBasket Women". FIBA. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  6. ^ "2011 EuroBasket Women qualification". FIBA. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  7. ^ "2013 EuroBasket Women". FIBA. 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2020-07-06.

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