Žiga Dimec
No. 27 – Anwil Włocławek | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
League | PLK | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Celje, Slovenia | 20 February 1993||||||||||||||
Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 113 kg (249 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Zlatorog Laško | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | → Konjice | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Rogaška | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Krka | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Bayreuth | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Lietkabelis | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Sixt Primorska | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Cedevita Olimpija | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Anwil Włocławek | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Nishinomiya Storks | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Anwil Włocławek | ||||||||||||||
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Žiga Dimec (born 20 February 1993) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team.
Professional career
Dimec played in youth categories with Zlatorog Laško. For the 2010–11 season he was loaned to Konjice of the Slovenian Second League. From 2011 to 2014 he played with Zlatorog Laško. For the 2014–15 season he moved to Rogaška. In July 2015, he signed with Krka.[1]
On 3 September 2018 Dimec signed a three-month deal with Medi Bayreuth.[2]
On 27 November 2018 Dimec signed with Lithuanian team BC Lietkabelis.[3]
On 1 December 2021 he signed with Anwil Włocławek of the PLK.[4]
On 30 August 2022 he signed with Nishinomiya Storks of the B.League.[5]
On 13 September 2023 he signed with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. of the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi.[6]
In the middle of the 2023/2024 season, after terminating the contract with the Turkish club, he joined KK Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League.[7]
National team career
With Slovenia's junior national teams, Dimec played at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship and 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
Dimec became a member of the senior Slovenian national basketball team in 2016. He played at the EuroBasket 2017.
References
- ^ Krka Novo Mesto signs Ziga Dimec and Igor Tratnik
- ^ medi bayreuth verpflichtet Dimec nach
- ^ Lietkabelis ink Ziga Dimec
- ^ "Žiga Dimec zawodnikiem Anwilu". plk.pl (in Polish). December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ "#27 ジガ・ディメッツ 選手 新規契約のご報告". www.storks.jp (in Japanese). August 30, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Slovenski reprezentant tik po koncu SP do nove "službe"" (in Sinhala). September 13, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ "Slovenski reprezentant zapustil Turčijo" (in Sinhala). January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
External links
- Žiga Dimec at aba-liga.com
- Žiga Dimec at eurobasket.com
- Žiga Dimec at fiba.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- ABA League players
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- BC Lietkabelis players
- Centers (basketball)
- FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
- KK Cedevita Olimpija players
- KK Krka players
- KK Włocławek players
- KK Zlatorog Laško players
- Medi Bayreuth players
- Kobe Storks players
- Olympic basketball players for Slovenia
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Slovenian men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Celje