Luka Žorić | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lbs: | 242 |
Nationality: | Croatian |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1984 |
Birth Place: | Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Draft Year: | 2006 |
Career Start: | 1999 |
Career End: | 2020 |
Years1: | 1999–2001 |
Team1: | Borik Puntamika |
Years2: | 2001–2005 |
Team2: | Cibona |
Years3: | 2001–2002 |
Team3: | → Zabok |
Years4: | 2002–2003 |
Team4: | → Karlovac |
Years5: | 2003–2004 |
Team5: | → Dubrava |
Years6: | 2004–2005 |
Team6: | → Braunschweig |
Years7: | 2005 |
Team7: | → Dubrovnik |
Years8: | 2005–2006 |
Team8: | Union Olimpija |
Years9: | 2005–2006 |
Team9: | → Postojnska jama |
Years10: | 2006 |
Team10: | Dubrovnik |
Years11: | 2006–2007 |
Team11: | Šibenka |
Years12: | 2007–2008 |
Team12: | Cibona |
Years13: | 2008 |
Team13: | Zabok |
Years14: | 2008–2011 |
Team14: | Zagreb |
Years15: | 2011–2013 |
Team15: | Unicaja Málaga |
Years16: | 2013–2015 |
Team16: | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
Years17: | 2015–2016 |
Team17: | Cedevita |
Years18: | 2016 |
Team18: | Sevilla |
Years19: | 2017–2018 |
Team19: | Cibona |
Years20: | 2018–2019 |
Team20: | Zadar |
Years21: | 2019–2020 |
Team21: | Samobor |
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Luka Žorić (born November 5, 1984) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. Standing at, he played at the center position.
In March 2011, Žorić received the award for Most Valuable Player of the NLB Adriatic League while playing for KK Zagreb.[1]
On June 9, 2011, Žorić signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Unicaja Málaga.[2] On July 26, 2013, Žorić signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker.[3] [4] Unicaja received 850,000 euros of buyout from Fenerbahçe, as he was still under contract.[5]
On July 28, 2015, Žorić returned to Croatia and signed with Cedevita for the 2015–16 season.[6]
On August 10, 2016, he signed with Spanish club Baloncesto Sevilla.[7] On November 22, 2016, he parted ways with Sevilla.[8] On January 5, 2017, he returned to his former club Cibona for the rest of the season.[9] On July 8, 2017, he re-signed with Cibona.[10] On December 29, 2018, Žorić signed a contract with Zadar until the end of the season.[11]
In September 2019, Žorić signed with Samobor playing in the second-tier Croatian First League.[12]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06| style="text-align:left;"| Union Olimpija| 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || -2.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08| style="text-align:left;"| Cibona| 4 || 1 || 7.0 || .600 || .000 || .000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.5 || -.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Unicaja| 16 || 14 || 23.7 || .525 || .000 || .683 || 6.1 || .8 || .5 || .9 || 11.7 || 13.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| 24 || 22 || 23.4 || .562 || .000 || .758 || 5.3 || .8 || .3 || 1.0 || 12.4 || 13.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Fenerbahçe| 24 || 7 || 18.9 || .556 || .000 || .769 || 3.6 || .2 || .2 || .6 || 8.3 || 7.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| 23 || 1 || 13.0 || .542 || .000 || .682 || 2.9 || .4 || .1 || .5 || 5.8 || 6.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Cedevita| 16 || 0 || 13.0 || .438 || .000 || .909 || 2.1 || .6 || .3 || .3 || 5.3 || 3.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 109 || 45 || 17.7 || .537 || .000 || .742 || 3.8 || .5 || .3 || .6 || 8.3 || 8.4