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Darko Balaban
No. 30 – Dinamo București
PositionCenter
LeagueRomanian League
Personal information
Born (1989-02-22) February 22, 1989 (age 35)
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2010Partizan
2010–2011Crvena zvezda
2011–2012Smederevo 1953
2012BKK Radnički
2012Târgu Mureş
2013Vršac
2013–2014Feni Industries
2014Smederevo 1953
2014–2015Naturtex SZTE-Szedeák
2015PAOK
2015–presentDinamo București
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Serbia
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Team competition
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Team competition

Darko Balaban (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Балабан; born February 22, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Dinamo București of the Romanian League.

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 Dinamo București of the Romanian League.[6]

References

  1. ^ MONDO: Balaban iz Partizana u Zvezdu
  2. ^ DARKO BALABAN MVP OF SERBIAN LEAGUE
  3. ^ Balaban u Makedoniji
  4. ^ Balaban ponovo u Smederevu
  5. ^ PAOK gets bigger with Balaban
  6. ^ "Baschet. Darko Balaban (2,12 m) – noul jucator al echipei Dinamo". csdinamo.eu (in Romanian). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.