Marko Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Љубичић; born 23 July 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Vojvodina of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Marko Ljubičić
Vojvodina
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1987-07-23) 23 July 1987 (age 37)
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight87 kg (192 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2009Superfund
2009–2010Budućnost
2010–2011Metalac
2011–2012Ikaros Kallitheas
2012–2013Cherkasy Monkeys
2014Meridiana
2014Bàsquet Manresa
2014–2015Metalac
2015–2016MZT Skopje
2016–2017FMP
2017–2018Igokea
2018–2019Cibona
2019–2020Alba Fehérvár
2020Podgorica
2020–2022Vojvodina
2022Mladost Zemun
2022–presentVojvodina
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Serbia
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team competition

Professional career

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Ljubičić was named MVP of the Serbian Super League in 2011.[1] In July 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Cherkasy Monkeys.[2] In January 2014, he returned to Serbia and signed with KK Meridiana.[3] He left them after only one game and signed with Bàsquet Manresa[4] where he stayed for the rest of the season. In September 2014, he returned to his former team Metalac, signing a one-year contract.[5]

In August 2015, he signed with Macedonian club MZT Skopje.[6] For the 2016–17 season he moved to FMP Beograd. In August 2017, he signed with Igokea.[7]

On 4 July 2018 he signed with Cibona.[8]

Ljubičić spent the 2019–20 season with Alba Fehérvár and averaged 11.7 points and 5.9 assists per game. On 11 November 2020 he signed with Podgorica of the Montenegrin First League.[9] In December 2020, he signed with his hometown team Vojvodina.[10]

National team career

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Ljubičić was a member of the Serbian university team that won the gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

References

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  1. ^ "Ljubičić MVP Super lige". Kosarka.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Marko Ljubicic inks with Cherkasy Monkeys". Sportando.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Nova lica u Vršcu i Meridiani". Kosarka24.com (in Serbian). 17 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Manresa bring in on tryout Marko Ljubicic". Sportando.net. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Marko Ljubičić returns to Metalac Farmakom". abaliga.com. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  6. ^ "МЗТ тргна со засилувања: Потпиша плејмејкерот Љубичиќ". ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Marko Ljubičić pens 1-year contract with Igokea". aba-liga.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Marko Ljubičić joins Cibona". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  9. ^ Obradovic, Igor (November 11, 2020). "Marko Ljubicic (ex Cibona) agreed terms with Podgorica". Eurobasket. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  10. ^ "Marko Ljubičić u Vojvodini". kkvojvodina.rs. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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