Jan Močnik (born 27 March 1987) is a Slovenian professional

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player.

Professional career

Močnik grew up in Nova Gorica, where he played for local team Nova Gorica in second national league of

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. He left Nova Gorica as loaned player in Kraški zidar in season 2003 and stayed there 3 years. Then he returned to Nova Gorica.

Union Olimpija

In season 2007/08 he sign with Slovenian League, Adriatic League and Euroleague club

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for a 3 year contract. During the season 2007/08 winning the Slovenian League championship and cup with them. In Euroleague averaged 1.1 and 0.7 rebounds and also 1.3 assists in 11 games. His statistics in the

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were arguably more impressive, considering that he played 9 minutes per game in that competition in 20 games; he averaged 2.4 points and 0.2 rebounds. He also played on Slovenian league All-Star 2007. In the summer of 2012, he resigned a new contract with Union Olimpija. On 19 December 2014 he signed with

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of the

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until the end of season 2014-15. On 3 January 2015 had Močnik 17 assists against Portorož, breaking Slovenian league single-game assists record (16, Daniel Vujasinović and Boris Jeršin). In 2014-15 season he averaged 12.8 points, 7.0 assists and 1.9 rebounds. On 9 June 2015 Močnik signed new one-year deal with Helios. On 4 November 2016 he signed with

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of the Bosnian League until the end of season 2016-17. Two seasons (2017-2018 and 2018-2019) Močnik played in Czech top division team

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. He was starting five in first season, in which he finished with highest assists per game, 6.9. On September 4, 2019 he signed a contract with Slovenian third division team KD Nova Gorica mladi.

International career

Močnik was a member of Slovenian U20 national team. He played at 2007 European Championship. He scored 9.3 points, made 5 assists in 8 games.

References

External links

Euroleague profileProfile at Adriatic League official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mocnik, Jan 1987 births Living people ABA League players KK Olimpija players People from Nova Gorica Slovenian men's basketball players KB Peja players Point guards Helios Suns players