Maximilian Hopfgartner

Maximilian Hopfgartner
Maximilian Hopfgartner in August 2014
Player information
birthday	November 20, 1992
place of birth	Salzburg , Austria
size	206 cm
position	Wing / center
High school	Bowling Green HS & Gilbert HS
college	John Brown University (NAIA)
Clubs as active
until 2009 BBU Salzburg 2009–2010 Bowling Green HS 2010–2011 Gilbert HS 2011–2015 John Brown University 2015–2016 Xuven Cambados 2016–2017 Planasa Navarra de Pamplona 2017–2018 Club Baloncesto Ciudad de Valladolid since 2018 BK Klosterneuburg00 00
National team
	Austria

Maximilian Hopfgartner (born November 20, 1992 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian basketball player . He currently plays for the Bundesliga club BK Klosterneuburg .

career

Hopfgartner left his hometown club BBU Salzburg as a teenager and went to the United States, where he first attended Bowling Green High School in Ohio from 2009 and then Gilbert High School in Iowa . After graduating from high school in 2011, he went to John Brown University, majored in renewable energies at Arkansas University and played for the college's basketball team in the NAIA college league . He achieved his best statistical values ​​for “JBU” in his fourth and final season 2014/15: Hopfgartner recorded an average of 17.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.

After the end of his college career in the USA, the Salzburg native returned to Europe. He received offers from the Admiral Basketball Bundesliga and also from the second German division 2. Bundesliga ProA , but decided to make his first experiences as a professional player in Spain. He played for third division team Xuven Cambados in Galicia in the 2015/16 season and achieved averages of 10.1 points and 4.2 rebounds in 26 missions.

For the 2016/17 season, Hopfgartner moved to Planasa Navarra de Pamplona within the third Spanish division. At the beginning of August 2017, he was signed by the Spanish second division club Baloncesto Ciudad de Valladolid . In 35 games this season he scored an average of four points and 1.5 rebounds for Valladolid. In the summer break of 2018, he returned to his home country and signed a contract with Bundesliga club BK Klosterneuburg .

National team

Hopfgartner took part with the Austrian U16 national team in the European Championships (B group) in Sarajevo in 2008, and in 2012 he played in the U20 European B Championships in Sofia. In 2013 he was part of the men's national team for the first time .

Web links

• Career history on eurobasket.com
• Entry on feb.es

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Basketball: "You have to be sure of the matter" . In: salzburg24.at . ( salzburg24.at [accessed on January 28, 2017]). Basketball: “You have to be sure of the matter” ( memento of the original from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Max Hopfgartner - 2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster - John Brown University Athletics. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 28, 2017 ; accessed on January 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ DakStats WebSync. Retrieved January 28, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Summer talk with Max Hopfgartner. Retrieved January 28, 2017 (German). 
5. ↑ Hopfgartner moves to the third Spanish division. Retrieved January 28, 2017 . 
6. ^ RN Raul Narros: El ala-pívot austriaco Max Hopfgartner, segundo fichaje - Basket Navarra Club. Retrieved January 28, 2017 (Spanish). 
7. ↑ https://www.noticiascyl.com/valladolid/deportes-valladolid/2017/08/01/max-hopfgartner-refuerza-el-juego-interior-del-cbc-valladolid/
8. ↑ http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=765393&c=2160023
9. ↑ http://www.bk-klosterneuburg.at/report/index.php?ID=2356