Ante Delaš Explained

Ante Delaš
Position:Shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:6.7
League:First Men's Basketball League
Team:Ribola Kaštela
Number:10
Nationality:Croatian
Birth Date:11 March 1988
Birth Place:Solin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2005
Years1:2005–2010
Team1:Split
Years2:2008–2009
Team2:Trogir
Years3:2010
Team3:→Trogir
Years4:2010–2011
Team4:Alkar Sinj
Years5:2011–2013
Team5:Zadar
Years6:2013–2015
Team6:Cedevita
Years7:2015
Team7:Ribola Kaštela
Years8:2015–2016
Team8:Zadar
Years9:2016–2017
Team9:Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Years10:2017
Team10:Basket Agropoli
Years11:2017–2018
Team11:Anwil Włocławek
Years12:2018–2020
Team12:Steaua București
Years13:2020–2021
Team13:ZTE
Years14:2021–present
Team14:Ribola Kaštela
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Ante Delaš (born March 11, 1988) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Ribola Kaštela of the Croatian second-tier First Men's Basketball League. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, making him a classical combo guard, despite his height (2.00 m) and thin physique.

Professional career

Delaš grew up in KK Split and made his pro debut with the team in 2005. He was loaned to KK Trogir competing in the top and second level Croatian basketball leagues. After spending a season in top level Alkar Sinj he was sold to KK Zadar where he played another two seasons in the Croatian League. In the 2012–13 season Zadar surprisingly reached the finals of the play-offs with Delaš profiling himself both as a leader and a legitimate scoring threat.[1] KK Zadar also competed in the 2012-13 Adriatic league season. In his debut season in this league Delaš averaged 6.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 24 games. In the summer of 2013, he signed a three-year deal with Cedevita Zagreb.[2] In June 2015, he left Cedevita.[3]

After playing only one game for Kaštela Ribola in the Croatian League, in October 2015 he returned to Zadar.[4] In June 2016, he left Zadar,[5] and signed with Belfius Mons-Hainaut of the Basketball League Belgium Division I.[6] On February 2, 2017, he parted ways with Mons-Hainaut.[7] The next day, he signed with Basket Agropoli of the Italian Serie A2 Basket.[8]

On August 22, 2017, Delaš signed a tryout contract with Lietkabelis Panevėžys.[9] After one friendly game, he left the club for personal reasons.[10] On August 31, 2017, he signed with Polish club Anwil Włocławek for the 2017–18 season.[11] After spending a season in Poland in which his team won the championship, in September 2018 he moved to the Romanian side Steaua București.[12]

In July 2020, Delaš moved to ZTE of the Hungarian League.[13]

International career

After being a part of Croatian youth national team selections, he was called up by coach Jasmin Repeša for the senior team. He was a member of the Croatian team at the 2013 European Championship, playing only a minor role in Croatia's 4th place performance.

Personal life

Ante Delaš is the older brother of Mario Delaš, who is also a professional basketball player, and with whom he played with in Split, Cedevita and the Croatian national basketball team.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ante Delaš profile. 2013-09-24. Eurobasket2013.org.
  2. Web site: CEDEVITA ZAGREB signs Ante Delas . 2013-08-05 . 2013-09-24 . Eurocupbasketball.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140716014611/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2013-14/i/115245/8174/cedevita-zagreb-signs-ante-delas . July 16, 2014 .
  3. News: Cedevita parts ways with Ukic, Delas and Ramljak. 26 June 2015. Sportando.com. 26 June 2015.
  4. News: Ante Delaš se vraća u Zadar. 057info.hr. Croatian. 21 October 2015.
  5. News: Ante Delas leaves KK Zadar. 15 June 2016. Sportando.com. 15 June 2016.
  6. News: Belfius Mons-Hainaut lands Ante Delas. 15 June 2016. Sportando.com. 15 June 2016.
  7. News: Ante Delas leaves Mons, next stop Agropoli?. 3 February 2017. Sportando.com. 2 February 2017.
  8. News: Ante Delas official sign with Basket Agropoli. 3 February 2017. Sportando.com. 3 February 2017.
  9. News: KK Lietkabelis signs Ante Delas to a tryout contract. 23 August 2017. Sportando.com. 22 August 2017.
  10. News: KK Lietkabelis, Ante Delas part ways. 29 August 2017. Sportando.com. 29 August 2017.
  11. News: Ante Delaš - chorwackie wzmocnienie Anwilu. 31 August 2017. kkwloclawek.pl. 31 August 2017. Polish.
  12. News: Povremeni hrvatski reprezentativac iz Poljske otišao u Rumunjsku. basketball.hr. Croatian. 13 September 2018.
  13. News: Nazor u ZTE doveo i Antu Delaša. basketball.hr. Croatian. 17 July 2020. 18 September 2020.