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Martin Junaković (born 16 February 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Široki in the Bosnian League and
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. He won the
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championship in
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, as a member of
Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and compete ...
.


Club career

He started his career in hometown club
KK Šibenik Košarkaški klub Šibenik, commonly referred to as KK Šibenik or simply Šibenik, was a men's professional basketball club based in Šibenik, Croatia. It was considered one of the best Croatian basketball clubs. In 2010, KK Šibenik bankrupted ...
in 2009, but next year he left club and signed with Cedevita Zagreb. In 2013 he returned to Šibenik for the second time. He was one of the best player in Šibenik and played starting five. In 2015 he left club and signed with
KK Zagreb Košarkaški klub Zagreb (), commonly referred to as KK Zagreb or simply Zagreb, was a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competed in the ABA League and the Croatian League. In the 2011–12 season, the club competed in the ...
. He had a great start to the
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season, averaging 29.3 points and 7.3 assists for Zagreb. He left Zagreb in the end of December 2017, and on 3 January 2018 he signed with
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team AV Ohrid. After short time, he signed with Bosnian-Herzegovinian team
HKK Široki Hrvatski košarkaški klub Široki (), commonly referred to as HKK Široki or simply Široki, is a men's professional basketball club based in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team currently competes in the Basketball Championship of B ...
, but in July 2018 he left club and signed with
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at the third time, but he left Šibenik on 21 December 2018, because of club problems with finance and went to Lithuania, signed with
BC Nevėžis BC Nevėžis (), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in the Lithuanian Basketball Leagu ...
.


Personal life

Junaković is close friends with Croatian basketball player
Dario Šarić Dario Šarić (; born 8 April 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. He also represents the senior ...
. On 29 June 2019 he married his girlfriend Matea Žižić.


References


External links


Martin Junaković
at realgm.com
ABA League
profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Junakovic, Martin 1994 births Living people Croatian men's basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Šibenik GKK Šibenik players KK Šibenik players KK Cedevita players KK Cibona players KK Kaštela players KK Zagreb players HKK Široki players KK Zadar players BC Nevėžis players Boulazac Basket Dordogne players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen