Robert Rothbart
| Position | Center |
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| Height | 7 ft 2.0 in (2.18 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| League | UPC Telemach League Euroleague Adriatic League |
| Team | Union Olimpija |
| Born | June 16, 1986  Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present time in today's Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Nationality |  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel,  Serbia |
| Pro career | February 2004–present |
| Career history | Paris Basket Racing 2004-2006 Hapoel Galil Elyon 2006-2007 Borac Nektar (Bosnia) 2007-2008 Ironi Nahariya 2008-2009 Elitzur Maccabi Netanya B.C. 2009-2010 Maccabi Haifa B.C. 2010-2011 Union Olimpija (2011-...) |
Robert Rothbart (Hebrew: רוברט רות'בארט, born, AKA Boris Kajmaković on June 16, 1986 in Sarajevo, in SFR Yugoslavia, present Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-Israeli-Serbian professional basketball player playing the position of center for Union Olimpija.
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[edit] Biography
Robert was born in Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of the former Yugoslavia. Due to the war, Robert's family emigrated to Israel, where they stayed for two years before moving to United States
After graduating from the private elementary The Harker School in San Jose, California, Robert has successfully played high school basketball for Saint Francis High School (Mountain View, California), Monta Vista High School (Cupertino, California) and Natomas High School (Sacramento, California). During his stay in Sacramento, He was involved in the Indian community while he was supervised by Serbian-born NBA star Vlade Divac.
Although he initially committed to Indiana University, Rothbart decided in the summer of 2004, to skip college and move to Europe where he's active today. After two seasons with Paris Basket Racing in the French Ligue Nationale de Basketball and one season with Israeli Hapoel Galil Elyon, Rothbart moved to play in Bosnia and Herzegovina where he was born. Prior to the 2008/2009 season, he signed with Ironi Nahariya from the Israeli league again.
He featured best overral statistic, most rebounds, and no 3 in scoring in BIH League 13 competition for 2007/08 season, as per www.kosarka.ba, a national basketball web portal.
Prior to the 2009/2010 season he signed with Elitzur Maccabi Netanya B.C., with whom he has rached the Israeli Basketball State Cup semi-finals.In the summer of 2010 he has signed to play for Maccabi Haifa B.C..
He is a part of the Israeli national basketball team.
Robert holds multiple nationalities, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Israel.
In August 2011 he signed with Union Olimpija.[1]
[edit] Trivia
- He pulled out of the 2004 NBA Draft and decided to try his luck in the 2005 NBA Draft, but went undrafted.
[edit] Footnotes
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[edit] External links
- Israeli basketball players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Hapoel Galil Elyon players
- Ironi Nahariya players
- Elitzur Maccabi Netanya B.C. players
- Israeli Jews
- Serbian Jews
- Serbian immigrants to Israel
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Jews
- Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Israel
- People from Sarajevo
- 1986 births
- Living people
- KK Union Olimpija players
