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Luka Doncic is playing under some bright lights in a very big city now, but he was an absolute star in the NBA long before his shocking trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Slovenian-born athlete was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2018 draft. In his first season, Doncic won Rookie of the Year. He followed that up in his sophomore season by being selected to the NBA All-Star game and being named to the All-NBA First Team. He also has the record for most triple-doubles in Mavericks’ history.

What Doncic has done on the court is well-documented but not a ton is known about his life off the court with his fiancée. Here’s more about Anamaria Goltes.

Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts during a game against the Denver Nuggets
Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts during a game against the Denver Nuggets | Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images

Goltes’ education and occupation

Like Doncic, Goltes is from Slovenia as well. She was born on April 30, 1998, and has one sister.

After high school, Goltes enrolled in the University of Ljubljana, where her father is also a graduate, and attended the School of Economics and Business. Goltes has done modeling for agencies like Campbell Models and Immortal Model Management. She was scouted by IMG’s Instagram-based “We Love Your Genes,” and that brought her to the United States.

Goltes is also a social media influencer with more than 250,000 followers and a fitness enthusiast, having created her own workout programs and promoting fitness apparel on her social media accounts.

Doncic and Goltes met when they were 12 years old

Doncic and Goltes have reportedly been dating since 2016, but they’ve been friends even longer than that as Goltes revealed to fans in a 2020 Instagram Q&A.  

“I answered this question like a million times,” she said (per the New York Post). “We met when we were 12 years old at the seaside in Croatia. Fun fact: We still have the same group of friends we had at that time. You keep the real ones, am I right?”

During that quarantine Q&A, Goltes also admitted: “I love that I get to spend some time with Luka, Hugo, and Gia (their dogs) … We don’t get to spend that many days together because we are always working on our individual things. So being able to spend time together feels very good.”

When they got engaged and how many children they have

On July 7, 2023, Doncic and Goltes announced that they were engaged via a social media post of the now-Lakers star down on one knee, placing a ring on her finger after proposing.

Later that year, the couple had another big reason to smile with the birth of their first child together, Gabriela Doncic.

Doncic and Goltes welcomed baby No. 2, another daughter Olivia Doncic, on Dec. 4, 2025.

They shared the news of their second daughter’s arrival in a post via Instagram.