Luka Doncic has packed quite the life into just 27 years.
The Lakers point guard has grown from a basketball prodigy to a bonafide NBA superstar.
He’s set new scoring records, won a Western Conference championship and been a part of arguably the biggest trade in professional hoops history.
Along the way, he found love and became a father of two.
But he recently split from his longtime partner, model Anamaria Goltes, which prompted us to take a look into the most significant moments of the NBA player’s time on earth.
FEBRUARY 28, 1999
A beauty salon owner, Mrijam Poterbin, and a basketball player, Sasa Doncic, welcomed Luka into the world in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2007
After Sasa joined Slovenian basketball team Olimpija, 8-year-old Luka, who had just picked up basketball a year prior, followed his dad and began honing his skills on the hardwood with the club’s youth team, according to ESPN.
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2011
At the age of 12, Luka met Goltes while the two were hanging out with mutual friends in Croatia, Goltes revealed in a 2020 Instagram post.
2012
After years of dazzling in youth basketball games, Luka inked a contract with Real Madrid and left his parents to focus on hoops in the organization.
2015
At 16 years old, Luka made his pro debut for Real Madrid, becoming the org.’s youngest-ever player.
2016
Luka and Goltes began dating.
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June 21, 2018
The Hawks selected Luka with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 draft, but quickly traded him to the Mavericks.
March 2020
Goltes shared in an Instagram post she and Luka were quarantining together during the pandemic in Dallas. She posted photos of the two with their dogs, and wrote, “Dallas is a lot like Europe.”
“I love Dallas,” she added. “It reminds me of home.”
July 7, 2023
Luka and Goltes revealed they got engaged after the basketball player proposed to her in a romantic setting on Lake Bled in Slovenia.
November 30, 2023
Goltes gave birth to her and Luka’s first child, a girl named Gabriela.
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December 2023
Luka raved about Goltes in an interview with NBA reporter Rachel Nichols, saying he was “really happy to have her” in his life.
“It’s been great and she helps me a lot,” Doncic said of Goltes. “It’s a lot of pressure outside. When I get home, it’s no basketball talk. She don’t like basketball, but she goes to every game.
“I mean, she likes it now, but she didn’t like it, which is good for me. I really like that.”
June 2024
Luka participated in his first-ever NBA Finals after he helped lift the Mavericks to a Western Conference finals victory over the Timberwolves.
February 2, 2025
The Mavericks stunningly traded Luka to the Lakers in a swap that included All-Star Anthony Davis.
February 11, 2025
Goltes showed in a photo on Instagram that she and Luka’s daughter followed him to Los Angeles, calling the move a “new chapter” for them in a caption.
December 4, 2025
Goltes and Luka welcomed their second daughter, Olivia, into the world.
January 2026
Goltes sparked breakup rumors with her social media activity, which included her curiously leaving him out of a message about the “ups and downs” she had faced in the previous decade.
March 9, 2026
Goltes filed a petition in a Los Angeles County court seeking child support from Luka, adding further fuel to the rumors of their split.
March 10, 2026
Luka confirmed in a statement he and Goltes had separated.
“I love my daughters more than anything and I’ve been doing everything I can for them to be with me in the U.S. during the season, but that hasn’t been possible, so I recently made the tough decision to end my engagement,” Dončić said. “Everything I do is for my daughters’ happiness and I will always fight to be with them and give them the best life I can.”