Darko Balaban
| Club Melilla Baloncesto | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | LEB Oro |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 22, 1989 Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Listed height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Listed weight | 105 kg (231 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2011: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2010 | Partizan |
| 2010–2011 | Crvena zvezda |
| 2011–2012 | Smederevo 1953 |
| 2012 | BKK Radnički |
| 2012 | Târgu Mureş |
| 2013 | Vršac |
| 2013–2014 | Feni Industries |
| 2014 | Smederevo 1953 |
| 2014–2015 | Szedeák |
| 2015 | PAOK |
| 2015–2016 | Dinamo București |
| 2016–2017 | Club Africain |
| 2017–2018 | Borac Čačak |
| 2018–present | Melilla |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals | |
Darko Balaban (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Балабан; born Septembar 22, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Club Melilla Baloncesto of the LEB Oro.
Professional career
Balaban grew up with BC Sport Key from Novi Sad where he played from 2003 to 2007 when he goes to Partizan. In 2010 he goes to Crvena zvezda where he stayed one season.[1]
For the 2011–12 season he signed with KK Smederevo where he had great season and was named the MVP of the Basketball League of Serbia.[2]
In March 2012 he signed with BKK Radnički for Serbian Super League but played only nine games and then left the team. Following season he started with Târgu Mureş, but left them in December 2012.
In October 2013, he signed with Vršac. He left them after only two games and signed with Feni Industries.[3] In February 2014, he returned to Serbia and signed with his former team Smederevo.[4]
In September 2014, he signed with the Hungarian club Naturtex SZTE-Szedeák for the 2014–15 season.
On October 1, 2015, he signed with the Greek club PAOK.[5] However he left PAOK later that month after appearing in two league games and three Eurocup games. On December 2, 2015, he signed with Romanian club Dinamo București for the rest of the 2015–16 Liga Națională season.[6]
On November 16, 2017, he signed with Borac Čačak for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[7] On August 18, 2018, he signed with Club Melilla Baloncesto of the LEB Oro.[8]
References
- ^ MONDO: Balaban iz Partizana u Zvezdu (in Serbian)
- ^ DARKO BALABAN MVP OF SERBIAN LEAGUE
- ^ Balaban u Makedoniji (in Serbian)
- ^ Balaban ponovo u Smederevu (in Serbian)
- ^ PAOK gets bigger with Balaban
- ^ "Baschet. Darko Balaban (2,12 m) – noul jucator al echipei Dinamo". csdinamo.eu (in Romanian). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Darko Balaban inks contract with Borac
- ^ "Darko Balaban, centimetros para la pintura del Melilla Baloncesto". FEB (in European Spanish). 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
External links
- Darko Balaban at aba-liga.com
- Darko Balaban at eurobasket.com
- Darko Balaban at euroleague.net
- Darko Balaban at fiba.com
- 1989 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- Centers (basketball)
- Club Africain basketball players
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- KK Borac Čačak players
- KK Partizan players
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- KK Smederevo players
- KK Vršac players
- Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Serbia
- Melilla Baloncesto players
- PAOK B.C. players
- BKK Radnički players
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Tunisia
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Novi Sad
- SZTE-Szedeák players
- Universiade bronze medalists for Serbia
- Universiade medalists in basketball