Marko Banić (born August 31, 1984) is a Croatian former professional

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player. He is tall, and he played at the

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and

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positions.

Professional career

Banić has played with

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and Bilbao Berri. He was chosen as the EuroCup MVP in 2010. In June 2012 he signed with a three-year contract with

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in Russia. He was released after suffering a knee injury. In September 2013, he signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club

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. In September 2014, he left Estudiantes and signed a one-year deal with the German club

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. In September 2015, he returned to UNICS Kazan, signing a 1+1 year contract. On December 13, 2017, he signed with Turkish club

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. On November 10, 2018, he signed with Croatian champion Cedevita Zagreb.

Croatian national team

Banić was part of the

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s at the

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, the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament, the

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EuroLeague career statistics

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;", Gescrap BB , 20 , , 12 , , 25.2 , , .625 , , .200 , , .794 , , 4.0 , , .7 , , .4 , , .1 , , 13.3 , , 13.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;",

, 23 , , 8 , , 19.5 , , .638 , , .000 , , .878 , , 2.9 , , .9 , , .4 , , .3 , , 8.8 , , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", UNICS , 24 , , 4 , , 13.3 , , .614 , , .000 , , .818 , , 1.7 , , .300 , , .300 , , .200 , , 4.6 , , 4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 43 , , 20 , , 22.2 , , .631 , , .200 , , .826 , , 3.4 , , .8 , , .4 , , .2 , , 10.9 , , 11.2

References

External links

Marko Banić
at euroleague.net

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