Zarko Jukić

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Basketball player
Zarko Jukić
Zarko Jukić (red shirt) in 2016
Player information
birthday July 28, 1993 (27 years 35 days)
place of birth Copenhagen , Denmark
size 201 cm
position wing
Clubs as active
2011-2014 DenmarkDenmark Hørsholm 79ers
2014-2015 SwedenSweden KFUM Nässjö Basket
2015-2016 SwedenSweden Norrkoping Dolphins
2016-2017 SpainSpain Club Ourense Baloncesto
2017-2018 EnglandEngland Newcastle Eagles
2018-2019 SpainSpain Albacete Basket
since 2019 DenmarkDenmark Team FOG Næstved

Zarko Jukić (born July 28, 1993 in Copenhagen ) is a Serbian - Danish basketball player .

career

Jukić, whose older brother Darko also had a competitive basketball career, played as a youth at Stevnsgade in Copenhagen, in 2011 he moved to the first division club Hørsholm 79ers , where he played until 2014. In his last season in Hørsholm (2013/14) the winger triumphed with an average of 14.5 points per match and then moved to Sweden to KFUM Nässjö Basket . Jukić was in 28 games for Nässjö on the field and scored an average of 10.7 points per game. After a year of play he bought himself out of his contract in order  to be able to switch to the Norrköping Dolphins within the Swedish league . With Norrköping he was runner-up and achieved an average of 6.1 points per match during the 2015/16 season.

He continued his career with the Spanish second division club Ourense Baloncesto , where he was under contract in the 2016/17 season, but only got a minor role there. Jukić scored 2.7 points on average in 37 games. In the summer of 2017 he signed a contract with the English first division club Newcastle Eagles and stood out there with his spectacular style of play. In 30 main round games for Newcastle he averaged 9.1 points and 6 rebounds, 2.2 basket assists and 1.8 ball wins per game.

Albacete Basket from Spain's third division was the club that gave Jukić a contract in the run-up to the 2018/19 season. He played 32 games for the team, his averages were 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds. For the 2019/20 season he returned to Denmark and joined the first division team FOG Næstved .

National team

Jukić, who was born and raised in Denmark, did not initially have a Danish passport. After he had accepted the Danish citizenship, he was appointed to the national team, with which he took part in the European Championship qualification, among other things.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Forslagtil til lov om indfødsrets meddelelse, April 21, 2016 , No. 471 (on p. 5 and 20)
  2. ↑ Darko Jukic er endelig blevet en bjørn. October 10, 2015, accessed June 27, 2019 (Danish).
  3. ↑ Player. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  4. ^ Claes Johansson: Talang till Nässjö Basket. June 2, 2014, accessed June 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ SBL Mr. | Sida 1832165. Retrieved June 27, 2019 (sv-SE).
  6. ^ Christian Ahlin: Zarko Jukic: "Ett tufft beslut att lämna Nässjö". June 1, 2015, accessed June 27, 2019 .
  7. ↑ SBL Mr. | Sida 2170681. Retrieved June 27, 2019 (sv-SE).
  8. ^ Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  9. ^ Jeff King: Newcastle Eagles complete their summer recruitment with Danish international. August 22, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Hoopsfix: Zarko Jukic Finishes Back-to-Back Alley-oops! BBL Top 10 Plays Week January 17-24, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019 .
  11. ↑ http://www.bbl.org.uk/competitions/?WHurl=%2Fperson%2F728848%3F
  12. ^ Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  13. ↑ https://teamfog.dk/zarko-jukic-til-naestved/
  14. ↑ Jukic følger sin træner. June 3, 2014, accessed June 27, 2019 (Danish).
  15. ↑ Zarko Jukic profile, FIBA ​​EuroBasket 2017. Accessed June 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Jukić, Zarko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian-Danish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen