Andrija Žižić

Andrija Žižić
Player information
birthday	January 14, 1980
place of birth	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
size	206 cm
position	center
Club information
society	Cibona Zagreb
league	A-1 league
Jersey number	31
Clubs as active
until 01997 Omis Mosor 1997–1998 Plastic Solin 1998–2003 KK Split 2003–2005 Cibona Zagreb 2005 FC Barcelona 2005–2007 Olympiacos 2007–2008 Panathinaikos Athens 2008–2009 Galatasaray 2009–2010 KK Cedevita 2010–2011 ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne 2011 KK Cedevita 2011–2013 Cibona Zagreb 2014 BK Astana 2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2014–2015 Fulgor Libertas Forlì 2015 Pallacanestro Piacentina 2015– Cibona Zagreb 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 0000
National team
1999-2005	Croatia

Andrija Žižić (born January 14, 1980 in Split , SR Croatia ) is a Croatian basketball player who plays with a height of 2.06 m on the position of the center . As a player, Žižić won the national championships in Croatia, Greece and Israel with his respective clubs . He was also in the squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv, when they won the ULEB Euroleague 2013/14 in addition to the national double and thus a triple crown .

Career

Andrija Žižić began his career in the Croatian youth team Omiš Mosor where he played until 1997. His first professional contract was with the second division Plastic Solin where he stayed for one season. In 1998 Žižić moved to the traditional club KK Split where he won the Croatian championship in 2003, winning the first title of his career. After another stop at Cibona Zagreb , with whom Žižić debuted for the first time in the ULEB Euroleague , he moved abroad to FC Barcelona in January 2005 . In the summer of the same year Žižić moved to Olympiacos in Greece . Although Žižić was one of the most constant and best players at Piraeus and his contract was prematurely extended by three years in May 2007, the contract with Žižić, contrary to all expectations, was terminated in July 2007 and the player moved to arch rivals Panathinaikos Athens on a free transfer. After a championship with defending champion Panathinaikos, he moved to the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi to Galatasaray in Istanbul . After a season he returned to his native Croatia in 2009, where he played for Cedevita and Cibona Zagreb with a one-year break at ASVEL in the French LNB Pro A until 2013. In the winter of 2013/14 he first moved to Kazakhstan for BK Astana, before he was in the squad for the rest of the season with the Israeli record champions Maccabi Tel Aviv. Without a long time he was involved in Maccabi's title success in all three competitions. In addition to the national double , the Israeli record champions surprisingly won the ULEB Euroleague 2013/14 and thus a triple crown at the end of the season .

Žižić was a member of the Croatian national team and took part with this in the European Championships in 2003 and 2005 . With the youth teams Žižić reached EM silver and World Cup bronze.

successes

• Euroleague: 2014
• Croatian champion: 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013
• Greek champion : 2008
• Israeli champion: 2014
• Greek Cup Winner : 2008
• Silver medal at the European Junior Championships: 1998
• Bronze medal at the Junior World Championships: 1999

Awards

• Participation in the Croatian All Star Game: 2000, 2001, 2002
• Participation in European championships: 2003, 2005

Web links

• ZIZIC, ANDRIJA - Profile on the ULEB website ( English )
• Andrija ZIZIC - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)