Stefan Peno
| No. 4 – Rasta Vechta | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Basketball Bundesliga |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 3, 1997 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian / Guyanese |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2017 | Barcelona |
| 2013–2016 | →Barcelona B |
| 2017–present | Alba Berlin |
| 2020–present | →Rasta Vechta |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Medals | |
Stefan Peno (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Пено, born August 3, 1997) is a Serbian-Guyanese professional basketball player for Rasta Vechta of the German Basketball Bundesliga, and on loan from Alba Berlin. Standing at a height of 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), he plays primarily at the point guard position.
Professional career
The son of a Guyanese mother and a Serbian father,[1] Peno began playing basketball with the junior youth teams of OKK Belgrade. He joined the youth teams of FC Barcelona in the 2011–12 season. He made his professional debut with the reserve team of FC Barcelona, FC Barcelona B, in the Spanish 2nd-tier level LEB Oro, during the 2013–14 season.
During the 2014–15 season, he continued to play with the reserve team of FC Barcelona, FC Barcelona B, but spent that season competing in the Spanish 3rd-tier level LEB Plata. That same season, he also played in just one game in the Spanish top-tier level Liga ACB, with the main senior men's club team of FC Barcelona.[2] He spent the 2015–16 season with FC Barcelona B, playing once again in the Spanish 2nd-tier level LEB Oro.
Peno made his EuroLeague debut with Barcelona, on 14 October 2016, in a win against UNICS Kazan.[3]
On August 22, 2017, Peno signed a three year deal with ALBA Berlin, with an option to return to FC Barcelona after the first season.[4] Peno won the German double with Alba in 2020, winning both the Basketball Bundesliga and BBL-Pokal.
On August 7, 2020, Peno extended his contract until 2022 and was loaned to Rasta Vechta.[5]
Serbian national team
Peno has been a member of the junior national teams of Serbia. With the junior national teams of Serbia, he has played at the following tournaments: the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a silver medal and was voted to the All-Tournament Team and named MVP, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a silver medal, the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[6]
Honours and titles
Club
- Alba Berlin
References
- ^ "Stefan Peno: sueño cumplido". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ Basic Statistics 2014/15 ACB.
- ^ UNICS KAZAN 63 FC BARCELONA LASSA 69 OCTOBER 14, 2016.
- ^ "Stefan Peno, signs for three seasons with ALBA". eurocupbasketball.com. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Stefan PENO (SRB) participated in 6 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
External links
- Stefan Peno at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Stefan Peno at draftexpress.com
- Stefan Peno at eurobasket.com
- Stefan Peno at euroleague.net
- Stefan Peno at archive.fiba.com
- Stefan Peno on Instagram
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Alba Berlin players
- Basketball players from Belgrade
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet B players
- Guyanese men's basketball players
- Point guards
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian people of Guyanese descent
- Shooting guards