Alexandre Gavrilovic

Alexandre Gavrilovic (fr. Alexandre Vladimir Źivko GAVRILOVIC; born 25 November 1991) - a French-Serbian professional basketball player who plays at the center position. Born in Strasbourg, France, Gavrilovic played for the U20 French national team with which he is a Gold medalist at the European Championship in 2010 , and played college basketball for the University of Dayton and Towson University from 2011 to 2015. He started his professional career in Roanne, France, and played in several countries since. He was named to the All-FIBA Europe Cup Second Team and All-Europeans First Team in 2019 when he played for Balkan Botevgrad in Bulgaria. He also played for Tsmoki Minsk and Nizhny Novgorod in the VTB League, CSM Oradea, Belfius Mons-Hainaut, and Mornar Bar in the Adriatic League (ABA League).
==Early life==
Alex Gavrilovic was born in the city of Strasbourg in France. He grew up in Germany and Switzerland before returning to Strasbourg in 2000. He started playing basketball in 2006 by integrating to youth team of SIG Strasbourg. At the age of 17, he received a scholarship to play at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida. In 2010, he signed a National Letter of Intent|National Letter of Intent (NLI) committing to Providence College but was ruled ineligible for academic reasons. He returned to IMG Academies for a second year and committed to the University of Dayton in 2011. He played three seasons with the Dayton Flyers and appeared in 67 games averaging 3.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, in 10.0 minutes per game. After his junior year, he transferred to Towson University where he averaged 5.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, in 17.3 minutes per game. 
==Professional career==
2015-2017 season: Chorale de Roanne
In June 2015, Gavrilovic signed a two-year contract with Chorale de Roanne in ProB, France. On November 13, 2015 he recorded a season-high 22 points in his first career and season win against SOM Boulogne. During his first season he averaged 6.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, in 15.6 minutes per game. 
During his second season, he averaged 8.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, in 18.5 minutes per game. In 2017, he won the LNB ProB Disneyland Leaders Cup. 
2017-2018 season: Hermine Nantes / ALM Evreux
Gavrilovic started the season with Hermine Nantes where he recorder a season-high 24 points against ADA Blois. He left the team in February 2018 to join ALM Évreux where he averaged 7.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, in 15.2 minutes per game. 
2018-2019 season: Balkan Botevgrad
Gavrilovic signed with Balkan Botevgrad on October 26, 2018 after spending the preseason with Antibes Sharks. He averaged 10.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, in 23.1 minutes per game in the Bulgarian league. He also discovered the FIBA Europe Cup where he averaged 13.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, in 27.8 minutes per game. He was named to the All-FIBA Europe Cup Second Team and All-Europeans First Team in 2019. 
2019-2020 season: Tsmoki Minsk 
Gavrilovic discovered the VTB League in 2019 when he joined Tsmoki Minsk. He recorded he season-high 20 points against Khimki Moscow Region on November 24, 2019 and season-high 30 efficiency against CSKA Moscow on December 28, 2019. Gavrilovic averaged 12.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, in 24.3 minutes per game. After losing against Kauhajoki Karhu Basket in the FIBA Champions League qualification round, averaging 14.5 points and 5.0, in 26.0 minutes in two games, Gavrilovic played his second FIBA Europe cup season with Tsmoki Minsk where he averaged 13.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, in 23.3 minutes per game with a season-high 25 points against Kyiv Basket on November 6, 2019. 
2020-2021 season: Nizhny Novgorod
Gavrilovic signed with another VTB League team, Nizhny Novgorod. He averaged 6.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, in 15.3 minutes per game in the VTB League and 7.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 12.2 minutes per game in FIBA Champions League with a season-high 21 points against Casademont Zaragoza on November 11, 2020. 
2021-2022 season: CSM CSU Oradea 
Gavrilovic signed with CSM CSU Oradea in July 2021 and discovered the Romanian basketball league. He also played his third season in FIBA Europe Cup. Gavrilovic averaged 9.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, in. 19.9 minutes per game in the Romanian league and 9.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, in 21.9 minutes per game in FIBA Europe Cup. 
2022-2023 season: Belfius Mons Hainaut
Gavrilovic spend the 2022-2023 season in Mons, Belgium. He averaged 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, in 23.3 minutes per game in the BNXT League. He recorded a career-high 26 points on March 4, 2023. Also, he recorded a career-high efficiency, which is 36, against Den Helder Suns on March 4, 2023. 
2023-2024 season: Mornar-Barsko Zlato Bar
Gavrilovic signed with Mornar-Barsko Zlato Bar, Aba league, on August 15, 2023. He started his season with a game against KK Partizan Belgrade in Stark Arena, Belgrade and scored 19 points in 26 minutes. On October 30, 2023, Gavrilovic recorded a double-double 14 points and 11 rebounds in his first season win against KK Krka Novo Mesto.
==Personal life==
Gavrilovic was born in Strasbourg, France. He lived in Bonn, Germany for 6 years, where his mother worked at the French Embassy. Also, Gavrilovic’s family have been living in Zurich and Bern.
Alex got married on February 15, 2022 in Strasbourg to Daria Novikova from Belarus.
==See also==
Profile page of Alexandre 'Alex' Gavrilovic on Proballers
Basketball profile page of Alexandre Gavrilović on Eurobasket
Profile page of basketball player Alexandre Gavrilović on the Aba liga site
Profile page of Alexandre Gavrilović in Oradea, FIBA Europe Cup
Profile of Alex Gavrilovic in Dayton Flyers
Profile page of Alexandre Gavrilovic in Balkan, FIBA Europe Cup
Profile page of Alexandre Gavrilovic in Tsmoki Minsk, FIBA Europe Cup
Player's profile page on FIBA Basketball site
BC Nizhny Novgorod(VTB) inked Alex Gavrilovic, EuroBasket news
VTB United League Free Agent Tracker, season 2019-20
Category:1991 births
Category:Serbian people
Category:French people
Category:Towson University alumni