Ivan Maraš
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Position | Power forward / Center | |||||||||||||||||
League | Pro Basketball League | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | 20 April 1986|||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Montenegrin | |||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2008: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2003–present | |||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
2003–2010 | Budućnost Podgorica | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | Metalac Valjevo | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Hemofarm | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | ETHA Engomis | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | Ilysiakos | |||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Al Manama | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Tsmoki-Minsk | |||||||||||||||||
2016 | Sanat Naft Abadan | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Doxa Lefkadas | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Cholet | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Aris Thessaloniki | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | |||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Okapi Aalstar | |||||||||||||||||
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Ivan Maraš (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Мараш; born April 20, 1986) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Crelan Okapi Aalstar of the Belgian Pro Basketball League.
Professional career
Maraš started playing basketball for Budućnost Podgorica of the Montenegrin League from 2003, until 2010.[1] With Budućnost, he won three Montenegrin championships and three Montenegrin cups. Before the end of the 2009–10 season, he also signed with Metalac Valjevo.[2]
Then, Maraš joined Hemofarm, signind a two-year contract with the club.[3] On March 3, 2012, he left Hemofarm and joined the Belgian club Dexia Mons-Hainaut until the end of the season. At the end of the season, he renewed his contract with the club for another season.
On 2012, he signed a contract with the Cypriot team ETHA Engomis. During his season with the club, Maraš won the Cypriot Cup with ETHA and was also the MVP of the tournament. After his great performances with ETHA, Maraš joined Ilysiakos of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the season.[4]
On September 5, 2013, Maraš signed a contract for the upcoming season with the Bahraini team Al Manama.[5] With Al Manama, he won the Bahraini League. For the following two seasons, he played for Tsmoki-Minsk of the Belarus League. During his two-year spell with Tsmoki-Minsk, Maraš also played 3 games for Al Qadsia in Kuwait. With Tsmoki-Minsk, Maraš won two Belarusian championships and two Belarusian cups.
On October 6, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with the Iranian team Sanat Naft Abadan.[6] On February 6, 2017, he signed with Doxa Lefkadas until the end of the season, replacing Melsahn Basabe on the teams squad.[7] On April 20, 2017, he signed with Cholet of the LNB Pro A for the rest of the season.[8] In August 2017, he re-signed with Cholet.[9] On December 30, 2017, he parted ways with Cholet.[10] On January 4, 2018, he signed with Greek club Aris Thessaloniki for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[11]
He signed with Okapi Aalstar on July 4, 2019.[12] He re-signed for two seasons on June 12, 2020.[13]
References
- ^ "Ivan Maras joins Buducnost". Sportando.com. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Metalac inks Ivan Maras". mlbb.d11.gr. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Hemofarm inks big man Maras". euroleague.net. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Ivan Maras heads to Ilysiakos". court-side.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Ivan Maras now playing for Al Manama". court-side.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Naft Abadan inks Ivan Maras". asia-basket.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Ivan Maras joins Doxa Lefkadas". Sportando.com. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Ivan Maras inks with Cholet". Sportando.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "Ivan Maras re-signs with Cholet". Sportando.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ "Ivan Maras, Cholet part ways". Sportando.com. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Aris inks Ivan Maras". Eurohoops.net. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Okapi Aalstar announces Ivan Maras". Sportando. July 4, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- ^ "Okapi Aalstar re-signs Ivan Maras, signs Nathan Kuta". Sportando. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
External links
- Ivan Maraš at euroleague.com
- Ivan Maraš at fiba.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- BC Tsmoki-Minsk players
- Cholet Basket players
- Doxa Lefkadas B.C. players
- Ilysiakos B.C. players
- KK Budućnost players
- KK Hemofarm players
- KK Metalac Valjevo players
- Montenegrin men's basketball players
- Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Podgorica