Marko Šćekić (born May 23, 1981) is a Bosnia-born Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is a staff member of Borac Banja Luka of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
| Borac Banja Luka | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Staff member | ||||||||||||||
| League | Bosnian Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | May 23, 1981 Zvornik, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian / Bosnian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2003: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1998–2015, 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 4, 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Drina Zvornik | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Borac BL / Banjalučka pivara | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Vojvodina Srbijagas | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Turów Zgorzelec | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Budućnost | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Mapooro Cantù | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Cimberio Varese | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Igokea | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Helios Suns Domžale | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Igokea (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Borac Banja Luka (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career
editA 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) power forward, Šćekić played for Drina Zvornik, Borac Banja Luka, Vojvodina Srbijagas, Turów Zgorzelec, EWE Baskets Oldenburg, Budućnost, and Mapooro Cantù. On August 3, 2013, Šćekić signed with Cimberio Varese.[1] In September 2014, he signed an open-contract with Igokea.[2] In early November 2014, Igokea released him.[3] In March 2014, he signed with the Slovenian club Helios Suns Domžale.[4] He retired as a player with Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje in 2015.
In February 2019, Šćekić came out of retirement and signed for Borac Banja Luka for the rest of the 2018–19 season. He was an assistant coach for Borac at the time.
National team career
editŠćekić was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro university team that won a bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey.
Coaching career
editAfter retirement in 2015, Šćekić joined was hired as an assistant coach for Igokea. Afterward, he was an assistant coach for Borac Banja Luka before he was hired as the new head coach for Borac Banja Luka in May 2019.[5] In December 2020, Šćekić got fired as the head coach of Borac.[6][7]
Career achievements
edit- As player
- German League champion: 1 (with EWE Baskets Oldenburg: 2008–09)
- Montenegrin League champion: 1 (with Budućnost: 2010–11)
- German Super Cup winner: 1 (with EWE Baskets Oldenburg: 2009)
- Montenegro Cup winner: 1 (with Budućnost: 2010–11)
- As head coach
- First League of R Srpska champion: 1 (with Borac: 2019–20)
References
edit- ^ "Marko Scekic officially moves to Cimberio Varese". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Šćekić u Igokei na "otvorenom" ugovoru" (in Serbian). Mondo.rs. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "Igokea released Marko Šćekić". Abaliga.com. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Helios sign Marko Scekic". Eurobasket.com. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Marko Šćekić zamijenio Dragana Mičića na kormilu Borca: Zreo sam za samostalnu trenersku karijeru". banjaluka.com. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Banjalučki Borac smijenio trenera, već poznato i ime njegovog nasljednika". sport1.oslobodjenje.ba. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Nikolić zamijenio Šćekića". glassrpske.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
External links
edit- Marko Šćekić at euroleague.com
- Marko Šćekić at eurobasket.com
- Marko Šćekić at realgm.com