Leo Vrkas

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Basketball player
Leo Vrkas
Player information
birthday June 2, 1991
size 191 cm
position construction
Clubs as active
until 2010 SV Germering 2010–2011 BG Leitershofen / Stadtbergen 2011–2012 Lon Morris College 2012–2013 Giants Nördlingen 2013–2014 Carson-Newman University 2014–2015 Oakland City University 2015–2016 Giants Nördlingen 2016–2017 ETB Essen 2017–2018 Gießen 46ers II 2019 Scanplus Baskets Elchingen since 2019 Crailsheim Merlins II 0 GermanyGermany
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Leo Vrkas (born June 2, 1991 ) is a German basketball player of Croatian descent.

career

Vrkas, son of the Croatian basketball coach Edo Vrkas and grandson of the former football coach Ante Bušelić (formerly national coach of Zambia), played in youth at Jahn Munich and from 2007 in the men's team of SV Germering in the second regional league. In 2010 he moved to BG Leitershofen / Stadtbergen in the 2nd Bundesliga ProB and reached the ProB final with the club in spring 2011.

In 2011/12 he made his first detour to the USA, after returning to Germany with a stop at the Giants Nördlingen in the ProB, Vrkas went back to the United States. In 2015/16 he was active again in Nördlingen in the ProB, for the 2016/17 season he switched to ETB Essen , but had to accept relegation from the ProA with the team.

In July 2017 he was signed by the second team of the Gießen 46ers , who competed in the 2. Bundesliga ProB in their 2017/18 premiere season. There he played 27 games in the 2017/18 season and averaged 2.6 points per encounter. His time in Giessen ended after one season. After having to take a break due to injury, he joined the Scanplus Baskets Elchingen (2nd Bundesliga ProB) at the beginning of 2019. For the 2019/20 season he went to the second team of the Crailsheim Merlins  (1st regional league).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coach Bušelić returns to Zambia . April 7, 2010 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed January 4, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Leo Vrkas. In: cneagles.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: A solo entertainer becomes a team player. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ gogol medien GmbH & Co KG: Red Kangaroos sign Leo Vrkas. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Leo Emmert: Leo Vrkas the second. Augsburger Allgemeine, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Leo Vrkas comes to Essen. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Leo Vrkas joins the GIESSEN 46ers ProB team - Guard comes from ETB Wohnbau Baskets Essen. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ GIESSEN 46ers | Rackelos would like to thank Leo Vrkas - Guard will no longer wear the Gießen jersey next season - GIESSEN 46ers. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
  9. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Leo Vrkas strengthens the scanplus baskets. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  10. ↑ https://www.basketball-bund.net/scouting.do?reqCode=spielStatistik&spielplan_id=1874000
personal data
SURNAME Vrkas, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1991