Aleksandar Ugrinoski (; born May 7, 1988) is a Macedonian-Croatian former professional
basketball
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player.
Professional career
Ugrinoski started out his career by coming off the bench for the
Cibona VIP at age 14, later becoming the youngest player to start in
Euroleague
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history, starting at the age of 15 years, 266 days old. Only two other players in
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would start in the Euroleague at the age of 15. However, he finished his career playing with
Karpoš Sokoli of the
Macedonian First League
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at the young age of 25.
Croatian national team
Ugrinoski was also member of U-18 Croatian national basketball team.
See also
*
List of youngest EuroLeague players
References
External links
Aleksandar Ugrinoskiat aba-liga.com
at basketball-reference.com
Aleksandar Ugrinoskiat eurobasket.com
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1988 births
Living people
Basketball players from Skopje
Croatian people of Macedonian descent
ABA League players
BC Rilski Sportist players
Croatian men's basketball players
KK Cibona players
KK Rabotnički players
Macedonian men's basketball players
Utah Flash players
Point guards
KK Dubrava players
KK Vardar players
KK Lirija players
Basket Rimini Crabs players
Traiskirchen Lions players
21st-century Croatian sportsmen