Žiga Samar
_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93031.jpg) Samar with Alba Berlin in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 18 – Alba Berlin | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | BBL EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 2001 Jesenice, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2022: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Real Madrid B | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Fuenlabrada | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Zamora | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Hamburg Towers | ||||||||||||||
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Žiga Samar (born 26 January 2001) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He is a 1.97 m tall point guard.
Professional career[edit]
Samar made his professional debut for Real Madrid B in the Liga EBA during the 2017–18 season.
On 19 August 2019 Samar signed a four-year contract with Spanish team Fuenlabrada. For the 2019–20 season he was loaned to Zamora of the LEB Plata.[1]
On 22 July 2022 he signed with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[2] On 5 August 2022 Samar joined fellow Bundesliga side Hamburg Towers on loan.[3]
2023–24 season[edit]
On 5 October 2023, Samar made his EuroLeague debut, finishing the game against FC Bayern Munich (basketball) with 5 points (2/5 FG), 1 rebound, 3 assists, and 1 turnover in 16 minutes of play.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fuenlabrada signs Slovenian prospect Ziga Samar to multi-year deal". Sportando. August 19, 2019.
- ^ "Žiga Samar signs with Alba Berlin". Sportando. July 22, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "Ziga Samar joins Hamburg Towers on loan". Sportando. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "Lorenzo Brown extends his contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv". BasketNews. February 9, 2023.
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Alba Berlin players
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
- Hamburg Towers players
- Liga ACB players
- Point guards
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Slovenian men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Slovenian basketball biography stubs