Vanja Marinković

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Vanja Marinković
No. 9 – Partizan NIS Belgrade
Position Shooting guard
League Basketball League of Serbia
ABA League
Personal information
Born (1997-01-09) January 9, 1997 (age 27)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–present Partizan
Career highlights and awards

Vanja Marinković (Serbian: Вања Маринковић, born January 9, 1997) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Partizan Belgrade of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., he plays at the shooting guard position.

Early life

Marinković was born in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia. He comes from relatively-sports family; his father Zoran is football referee and cinematographer, while his mother Dragana and his six-year older brother both played basketball in youth. Marinković started playing basketball for Belgrade-based club Vračar where he played from 2006 until 2010. He then moved to Koledž where he stayed for one season.[1]

Club career

Partizan Belgrade

In the summer of 2011, he moved to play with Partizan's youth categories. He continued to play with the youth categories of the team for four seasons, with the exception of the last season in which he played occasionally, as he spent most of his time training with the senior team.

2013–14 season

In 2013–14 season, he started working with the senior team of Partizan, under head coach Duško Vujošević. He debuted for the team in the Serbian Cup game against FMP Belgrade.[1] However, although being capped for the games many times, he occasionally got the chance to play in the rest of the season. Partizan finished the season winning its 13th consecutive domestic league title, defeating arch rivals Crvena zvezda by 3-1 in the final series; that would be the only title won over the season.[2] He also become a champion with Partizan's junior team by beating Crvena zvezda in the final game.[3]

2014–15 season

In 2014–15 season, he became a standard part of senior team's rotation. On November 8, he led his team with season-high 20 points in 65–50 win over MZT Skopje, showing great potential for the future.[4][5] Three days after turning 18, on January 12, 2015, he signed his first professional, four-year contract with Partizan.[6] Over the season, he appeared in 29 games of the ABA League, averaging 3.9 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. He also played in the Eurocup where Partizan was eliminated in the Group E.[7] On September 18, 2015, he appeared in the EuroBasket 2015 special event - FIBA European U-18 All-Star game, consisted of the 24 most talented European players born in 1997 or after.[8][9] He led his Team Black with 17 points and 4 assists in 82–87 loss to Team Red.[10]

2015–16 season

Starting with the 2015–16 season, after very turbulent summer for Partizan and many roster and organizational changes, Marinković was named the team captain.[11] However, his performances in the beginning of the season were below expectations.[12][13] He shortly responded to the criticism about his form with 14 points on 7 November in 86–77 win over, at the time, league leader Budućnost.[14]

International career

Marinković represented the Serbia men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship where they won the silver medal.[15] The following year he was part of the U17 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.[16]

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Partizan Belgrade captain
2015–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent