Ádám Hanga (born 12 April 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

of the Spanish

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the

2011 NBA draft The 2011 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2011, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (23:00 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. Kia Motors was the presenting sponsor ...

. Hanga won the EuroLeague Best Defender award in

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Early life

Hanga was born to a Hungarian mother and a Zanzibari Tanzanian father, who studied in Hungary that time. His father left the family when Ádám was 3 years old and he was brought up by his mother and maternal grandparents. He is the nephew of African-Russian journalist and television personality Yelena Khanga.

Professional career

Hanga began his career with the Hungarian club, Albacomp, in 2006, at the age of 17, and stayed with the

Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...

-based club until 2011. In June 2009, he was invited to the Adidas Eurocamp, an event that is held annually in Treviso, for top-flight players, aged between 18 and 21. After three days of training and scrimmages, he was ranked the sixth best non-U.S. player in his age group. The 2010–11 season turned out to be his breakout year, as he dominated the Hungarian League. In May 2011, he moved to the Spanish League, signing with Bàsquet Manresa. The San Antonio Spurs selected Hanga with the 59th pick in the

. In July 2013, Hanga signed a four-year deal with the Spanish club

Baskonia Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the ...

. In August 2014, he was loaned to the Italian League team

Sidigas Avellino S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania. Founded in 1948, the team has been a regular in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the first tier of basketball in Italy, for 19 years (2000/01 to 2018/19). ...

, for the 2014–15 season. Hanga came back to Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on May 11, 2015, for the final games of the

2014–15 ACB season The 2014–15 ACB season was the 32nd season of the Spanish basketball league, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season started on 4 October 2014 and finished on 24 May 2015. The playoffs, joined by the eight first qua ...

, after finishing the Lega Basket season with Avellino. On June 28, 2017, Hanga was registered by

for the right of first refusal. On July 9, 2017, Hanga signed an offer sheet with

FC Barcelona Lassa FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...

. On July 12, 2017, Baskonia matched the offer sheet to Hanga, keeping Hanga in their roster. On July 23, 2017, Hanga re-signed with Baskonia, through the 2019–20 season. On August 22, 2017, Baskonia and FC Barcelona Lassa reached an agreement for the transfer of Hanga to the Catalan club. On July 9, 2019, Barcelona Bàsquet announced Hanga had extended his contract with the club until 2022, with an option to continue until 2023. On July 16, 2021, Hanga officially parted ways with the Spanish club after four seasons. On July 23, 2021, he signed a two-year deal with

archrivals

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3,

, 15 , , 0 , , 17.0 , , .449 , , .286 , , .560 , , 2.1 , , 1.1 , , .7 , , .5 , , 5.6 , , 5.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , 27 , , 27 , , 29.0 , , .452 , , .279 , , .707 , , 5.1 , , 1.7 , , 1.4 , , 1.2 , , 8.2 , , 13.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , 33 , , 30 , , 28.0 , , .448 , , .336 , , .667 , , 4.4 , , 2.4 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 10.5 , , 13.0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, Barcelona , 26 , , 25 , , 24.4 , , .452 , , .347 , , .679 , , 3.7 , , 2.0 , , 0.7 , , 0.7 , , 8.7 , , 9.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 27 , , 13 , , 20.5 , , .463 , , .282 , , .745 , , 4.0 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 8.8 , , 10.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 128 , , 95 , , 24.7 , , .453 , , .313 , , .684 , , 4.1 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , .7 , , 8.7 , , 10.8

Early life

Professional career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

National competition

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links