Roberto Kovac, (born 2 May 1990) is a

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professional

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player for

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of the

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. He has been a member of the

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and participated at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification.

Club career

In August 2019, Kovac signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR. On 29 August it was reported that Kovac had signed a contract with Croatian club

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even though he was still under contract for the season with ÍR. In September, Cibona bought up Kovac's contract við ÍR. In December 2019, Kovac left Cibona and signed back with ÍR. He appeared in 10 games for Cibona in the

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, averaging 6.4 points and 1.6 rebounds. He also appeared in 9

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games for Cibona where he averaged 2.8 points in only 8.9 minutes per game.

National team career

On 21 August 2019, Kovac scored 29 points for Switzerland as it beat

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in the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification to advance to the main qualification stage.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com ProfileCareer statistics
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