Deni Avdija

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Basketball player
Deni Avdija
Deni Avdija (2019)
Player information
birthday January 3, 2001 (19 years and 242 days)
place of birth Tel Aviv , Israel
size 205 cm
Weight 99 kg
position Small forward /
power forward
Club information
society Maccabi Tel Aviv
Jersey number 8th
Clubs as active
2017– IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
National team
2019– IsraelIsrael Israel

Deni Avdija ( Hebrew דני אבדיה* January 3, 2001 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli basketball player . He plays in the position of small forward and is an Israeli international .

Private

Deni Avdija is the son of the former Israeli basketball player and current coach Zufer Avdija , who was born in Kosovo and is of Muslim - Goran descent. Zufer Avdija was the captain of the top team KK Red Star Belgrade in the 1980s and won the bronze medal with the Yugoslav national team at the 1982 World Cup . In 1990, at the age of 30, he came to Israel as a player and has been based there ever since. His mother is a Jewish Israeli.

Career

Avdija started playing basketball at the age of eight in Bnei Herzlia's youth . In 2013 he moved to the youth department at Maccabi Tel Aviv . There he developed rapidly and took on leadership roles in the various junior selections. He led the youth team Maccabis to three consecutive championship titles from 2017 to 2019. During this time he also took part in international tournaments such as the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament and the screening event Basketball Without Borders , where he always made a good impression.

In November 2017, at the age of 16, he had already signed a professional contract with the Tzehubim for a period of six years and has since been part of Maccabi's first team. He made his debut in the Israeli top division on November 19, 2017 in a 98-68 home win against Ironi Ness Ziona , in which he received three minutes of playing time. At 16 years and 320 days, he became the youngest player to play a competitive game for Maccabi. In the 2017/18 season he played three league games. In the next season he was used in 33 games, in which he collected 3 points and 1.5 rebounds per encounter in an average of nine minutes played . In the 2019/20 game year he was used in 26 matches in the Euroleague until it was canceled due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and scored an average of four points per operation.

In mid-April 2020, he announced his participation in the 2020 NBA draft , he is considered a candidate for one of the top places.

National team

In August 2017 Avdija took part with the Israeli U16 national team at the U-16 European Championship 2017 in Montenegro , where he led the field in the categories rebounds with 12.6 and assists with 5.3.

In July 2018 he won the U-20 European Championship 2018 in Germany with the U20 . He finished the tournament with an average of 12.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game. His achievements earned him alongside his teammate and Most Valuable Player Yovel Zoosman a nomination for the team of the tournament. The following year, he led the U20 to the title at the U-20 European Championship in his own country in 2019 . In the final against the Spanish selection , he distinguished himself with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 5 ball wins and was then named the best player in the competition. Throughout the tournament, he averaged 18.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists.

On February 21, 2019 Avdija made her debut in the 81:77 home win in qualifying for the 2019 World Cup against Germany in the senior national team . He came to eleven minutes of play, in which he scored a point, collected four rebounds and distributed two basket assists.

Web links

  • Deni Avdija - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b מניה בצמיחה / דני אבדיה הוא הדבר הבא
  2. ↑ Zufer Avdija in the FIBA ​​player archive
  3. ↑ בפעם הרביעית ברציפות: קבוצת הנוער של מכבי ת"א זכתה באליפות
  4. ^ Deni Avdija named Basketball Without Borders MVP
  5. ↑ Deni Avdija, Aaliyah Mckenzie Edwards take home MVP at Basketball Without Borders Global 2019
  6. ↑ MVP Nakic of Real Madrid headlines All-Tournament Team
  7. ↑ Match report: Maccabi Tel Aviv 98-68 Ironi Ness Ziona
  8. ↑ Adidas Next Generation Tournament: Scouting Deni Avdija
  9. ↑ a b Profile of Deni Avdija on realgm.com
  10. ↑ AVDIJA, DENI - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Israeli basketball star Deni Avdija declares for 2020 NBA Draft. April 16, 2020, accessed on April 18, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Deni Avdija could be a polarizing top draft prospect in 2020
  13. ↑ NBA Draft 2020: Can Israel's Deni Avdija Be the Next Luka Doncic?
  14. ↑ Deni Avdija puts on a show at the final entry into Israel
  15. ↑ Deni Avdija at the U-16 European Championship 2017
  16. ↑ Match report: Israel U20 80-66 Croatia U20
  17. ↑ Deni Avdija at the U-20 European Championship 2018
  18. ↑ Israel swingman Zoosman snatches up MVP honors
  19. ^ Spain and Israel dominate the All-Star Five, with MVP Avdija grabbing the headlines
  20. ↑ Deni Avdija at the U-20 European Championship 2019
  21. ↑ Match Report: Israel 81-77 Germany
personal data
SURNAME Avdija, Deni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES דני, אבדיה (Hebrew); Авдија, Дени (Serbian-Cyrillic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 2001
PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv , Israel