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Leo Čizmić
Free agent
PositionSmall forward
Personal information
Born (1998-12-17) December 17, 1998 (age 25)
Afula, Israel
NationalityCroatian
Listed height204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Career history
?–2014KK Split
2014–2017Sevilla
2017–2018Araberri

Leo Čizmić (born December 17, 1998) is an Israeli-born Croatian professional basketball player.

Career

The son of former basketball player Teo Čizmić,[1] who was a member of the Yugoslavian junior national team and played professionally in a number of European countries, he was born in Israel, where his father was playing at the time.

Čizmić came through the youth ranks of KK Split and headed to Spain in 2014 to join Baloncesto Sevilla. He played for the club’s youth team and for their second men’s team, before making his debut in Spain’s top-tier Liga ACB in the 2015-16 season. He would then flit between Sevilla’s ACB squad and their affiliate teams.[2]

Čizmić moved to Araberri of the Spanish second-tier LEB Oro for the 2017-18 season.[3]

International career

He was a member of the Croatian national team that participated in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Leo-Cizmic-84729/
  2. ^ http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Leo_Cizmic/Spain/Betis-Energia-Plus-Sevilla/276270
  3. ^ "Leo Cizmic jugará cedido en Sáenz Horeca Araberri". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  4. ^ http://www.fiba.com/europe/u18/2016/Leo-CIZMIC