Natan Jurkovitz (נתן ג'ורקוביץ; born April 4, 1995) is a French-Swiss-Israeli basketball player. He plays the forward position.
Before he joined
Lions de Genève, he played for
Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the
Israeli Premier Basketball League.
Biography
Jurkovitz was born in
Poitiers
Poitiers is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune in France, commune, the capital of the Vienne (department), Vienne department and the historical center of Poitou, Poitou Province. In 2021, it had a population of 9 ...
, France, and his hometown is
Villars-sur-Glâne
Villars-sur-Glâne (; ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Geography
Villars-sur-Glâne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.5% is fores ...
,
Canton of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...
, Switzerland.
He is tall, and weighs .
He played first for
Fribourg Olympic
Fribourg Olympic Basket, commonly known as Fribourg Olympic, is a Switzerland, Swiss professional basketball club that is based in Fribourg. Due to name sponsorship reasons, the former name of the club was Benetton Fribourg. The club is a seventee ...
in the
Swiss Basketball League
The Swiss Basketball League, also known as SB League or SBL, is the top-tier professional club basketball league in Switzerland. It is organized by Swiss Basketball. The winners of the SBL are crowned Swiss national basketball champions. Curren ...
.
Jurkovitz then played for
Lions de Genève, another team in the Swiss Basketball League.
He averaged 12.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists in the Swiss Basketball League in 2019–20.
In August 2020 Jurkovitz left Lions de Genève to sign a three-year deal with
Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the
Israeli Premier Basketball League.
References
External links
Instagram page
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1995 births
Living people
French expatriate basketball people
French men's basketball players
French people of Israeli descent
Fribourg Olympic players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. players
Lions de Genève players
Swiss expatriate basketball people
Swiss men's basketball players
Swiss people of French descent
Swiss people of Israeli descent
21st-century French sportsmen
21st-century Swiss sportsmen