Ivan Paunić
Ivan Paunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Паунић; born January 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Tofaş of the Turkish Basketball Supe League (BSL). He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally.
Professional career
Paunić began playing basketball at a professional level in the Adriatic League when he was a teenager, beginning with Serbian club Partizan in the 2004–05 season. He spent next season on loan at Mega Ishrana and Mornar. In 2006 he was sent to Vojvodina Srbijagas as part of transfer in exchange for Milenko Tepić. He spent two seasons in Vojvodina, and then in 2008 went to Oostende. In December 2009 he goes to Greece and signed with Aris Thessaloniki.[1]
In August 2010, Paunić signed with the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod where he stayed till April 2012, when he moved to Italy and signed with Virtus Bolgna for the rest of the season.[2]
In July 2012, Paunić signed with the Ukrainian side Azovmash.[3] He left them in December 2012.[4] Couple days later he signed with Lagun Aro GBC till the end of the season.[5] On September 25, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada.[6]
On October 30, 2014, he signed with Astana in Kazakhstan.[7] On December 18, 2014, he left Astana and signed with Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.[8] On August 25, 2015, he returned to Baloncesto Fuenlabrada.[9] On August 1, 2016, he re-signed with Fuenlabrada for one more season.[10]
On September 25, 2017, he signed a two-month contract with Turkish club Tofaş.[11]
Serbian national team
Paunić was a member of the Serbian national team that competed at the EuroBasket 2009 in Poland and won the silver medal. He played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey where Serbia was fourth, and at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania where Serbia finished eight of 24 teams.
References
- ^ "Aris lands Paunic". Sportando.net. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Virtus Bologna signs Ivan Paunic". Sportando.net. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "AZOVMASH tabs combo guard Paunic". Eurocupbasketball.com. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Ivan Paunic left Azovmash". Eurobasket.com. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Ivan Paunic is a newcomer at Lagun Aro Gipuzkoa BC". Eurobasket.com. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Llega Ivan Paunic y cierra la plantilla del Fuenlabrada". baloncestofuenlabrada.com. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Ivan Paunic joins BC Astana". Eurobasket.com. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Paunić u Budućnosti, debituje protiv Partizana!". Mondo.rs (in Serbian). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Fuenlabrada brings back Ivan Paunic". Sportando.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Fuenlabrada re-signs Ivan Paunic". Sportando.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Tofas Bursa bolsters backcourt with Paunic". Eurocupbasketball.com. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Aris B.C. players
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
- BC Astana players
- BC Azovmash players
- BC Nizhny Novgorod players
- BC Oostende players
- Gipuzkoa BC players
- Greek Basket League players
- KK Budućnost Podgorica players
- KK Mega Vizura players
- KK Mornar Bar players
- KK Partizan players
- KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players
- Liga ACB players
- Serbia men's national basketball team players
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Kazakhstan
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro
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- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
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