Enis Murati (born 2 August 1988) is a Kosovan-Austrian basketball player who plays as a

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Early life

Born in

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to ethnic

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parents, Murati moved to

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with his family. He played for the youth team of Spartak Subotica.

Professional career

Murati, who came to Austria in 2006, made his first brief appearances for Swans Gmunden in the

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during the 2006/07 season and helped them win the championship title. In the following years, he developed into the team's key player. In 2010 and 2011, Murati was named the Bundesliga player who had developed the best in a single season by the internet portal eurobasket.com. In 2010, he won the championship title again with Gmunden. Murati spent the 2015/16 season with the Belgian first division team

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. He returned to Gmunden for the 2016/17 season. In 2021, Murati was named Most Valuable Player of the Season after leading Gmunden to the championship title and averaging 18.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 35 season games. In the summer of 2021, he joined BC GGMT Vienna, which was described by his new club as a "sensational transfer". He won the Austrian championship title and the cup competition with the team in the 2021/22 season. In 2023, he switched to the 3x3 format.

National team career

In 2014, Murati was in the Austrian national team squad for the first time after receiving Austrian citizenship the previous year. He played a total of 42 international matches. At the 2024 edition of the 3x3 Europe Cup, which took place on the Kaiserwiese in Vienna's Prater, he won the European Championship title together with Nico Kaltenbrunner, Toni Blazan and Fabio Söhnel.

Personal life

Murati studied biology at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murati, Enis 1988 births Living people Basketball players from Pristina Austrian men's basketball players 3x3 basketball players Austrian people of Albanian descent Kosovan men's basketball players Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Austria Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Serbia Small forwards KK Spartak Subotica players Swans Gmunden players Leuven Bears players BC Vienna players Kosovan emigrants to Austria Naturalised citizens of Austria