Leo Čizmić Explained

Leo Čizmić
Position:Small forward
Height Cm:204
League:LEB Plata
Team:Bàsquet Girona
Birth Date:17 December 1998
Birth Place:Afula, Israel
Nationality:Croatian
Career Start:2015
Years1:2015–2017
Team1:Sevilla
Years2:2017–2018
Team2:Araberri
Years3:2018–present
Team3:Girona

Leo Čizmić (born December 17, 1998) is an Israeli-born Croatian professional basketball player who plays for Bàsquet Girona of the LEB Plata.

Career

The son of former basketball player Teo Čizmić,[1] who was a member of the Yugoslavian junior national team and played professionally in a number of European countries, he was born in Israel, where his father was playing at the time.

Čizmić came through the youth ranks of KK Split and headed to Spain in 2014 to join Baloncesto Sevilla. He played for the club’s youth team and for their second men’s team, before making his debut in Spain’s top-tier Liga ACB in the 2015-16 season. He would then flit between Sevilla’s ACB squad and their affiliate teams.[2]

Čizmić moved to Araberri of the Spanish second-tier LEB Oro for the 2017-18 season.[3]

International career

He was a member of the Croatian national team that participated in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DraftExpress - Leo Cizmic DraftExpress Profile: Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook.
  2. Web site: Leo Cizmic Player Profile, Igualatorio Cantabria Estela Santander, News, Stats - Eurobasket.
  3. Web site: Leo Cizmic jugará cedido en Sáenz Horeca Araberri. www.feb.es. 2017-09-23.
  4. Web site: Leo CIZMIC at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division a 2016.