Robert Zinn

Robert Zinn
Player information
Full name	Valentin Robert Zinn
birthday	February 22, 1995
place of birth	Filderstadt , Germany
size	195 cm
position	Structure / wing
Club information
society	Lions de Genève
league	National League A
Clubs as active
until 02013 BSG / Riesen Ludwigsburg 2013–2014 1. FC Baunach 2013–2014 → TSV Breitengüßbach 2014–2016 Central German BC 2014–2016 → BSW Sixers 2016–2017 Nürnberg Falcons BC 2017–2018 Walter Tigers Tübingen 2018–2019 BC Boncourt 2019–2020 Lions de Genève since 2020 Friborg Olympic 0

Valentin Robert Zinn (born February 29, 1995 in Filderstadt ) is a German / Swiss basketball player . He has been part of the national league team Friborg Olympic since summer 2020 .

Player career

Zinn, the son of a German mother and a Swiss father, grew up in Tübingen and played basketball in the youth department of SV 03 Tübingen. At the age of 14 he moved to the basketball boarding school in Ludwigsburg and played in the youth teams of the local BSG. In February 2013 he wore the shirt of the Neckar Giants Ludwigsburg for the first time in a game of the basketball Bundesliga .

During the 2013/14 season Zinn played for the youth development team of Bundesliga club Brose Bamberg , namely 1. FC Baunach in the 2. Bundesliga ProB and TSV Breitengüßbach in the regional league. In 2014 he was signed by the Bundesliga club Mitteldeutscher BC . In addition to appearing in the MBC shirt in the first division, Zinn also gained playing experience at the partner club of the Central Germans, the BG Bitterfeld-Sandersdorf-Wolfen 06 (regional league).

After a year with the second division club Nuremberg, Zinn went back to his hometown of Tübingen and joined the Walter Tigers.

During the summer break of 2018, Zinn was signed by the Swiss national league club BC Boncourt . He scored an average of 14.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per match for Boncourt in the 2018/19 season. In July 2019, he was signed by league rival Lions de Genève . For Geneva, he averaged 6.1 points per encounter and prepared 3.1 basket successes for his fellow men. In July 2020 he signed a contract with Friborg Olympic .

National team

Zinn played in the youth field for the German national teams and in 2011 took part in the U16 European Championship with the Germans. In 2013 he was part of the German squad for the U18-B-EM.

He later decided to play for Switzerland in the men's division and was appointed to the national team for the first time in September 2017. At the end of November 2017, he made his international debut for Switzerland in the World Cup qualifier against Macedonia.

Web links

• Profile on the website of the Basketball Bundesliga

Footnotes

1. ↑ At the age of 14 he left SV 03, now Robert Zinn is returning to the Walter Tigers . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online . ( tagblatt.de [accessed on November 2, 2017]).
2. ↑ ^{a b} ProBasket Tübingen GmbH, D-72074 Tübingen: Back to the roots! Robert Zinn is now playing for his hometown: WALTER Tigers Tübingen. Retrieved November 2, 2017 . 
3. ↑ nordbayern.de, Nürnberg, Germany: The Brose Baskets build on two talents . ( nordbayern.de [accessed on November 2, 2017]).
4. ↑ Two young international players for the MBC - Zinn and Daubner for MBC and BSW Sixers - MBC . In: MBC . July 2, 2014 ( Mitteldeutscherbc.de [accessed November 2, 2017]).
5. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Robert Zinn strengthens Falcons. Accessed November 2, 2017 (German). 
6. ^ BC Boncourt: Un international suisse sous contrat . ( swissbasketball.ch [accessed on July 11, 2020]).
7. ↑ Un international suisse aux Lions de Genève . ( swiss.basketball [accessed on July 11, 2020]).
8. ↑ Robert TIN in Friborg! In: Friborg Olympic Basket. July 10, 2020, accessed on July 11, 2020 (Swiss Standard German). 
9. ^ Robert Zinn | U18 European Championship Men (2013) | FIBA Europe. Retrieved November 2, 2017 . 
10. ↑ La liste élargie de l'Equipe Nationale dévoilée! | Swiss basketball. Retrieved November 2, 2017 . 
11. ↑ http://walter-tigers.de/index.php?id=63&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3286