Roberto Kovac, (born 2 May 1990) is a Swiss professional basketball player for Fribourg Olympic of the Swiss Basketball League. He has been a member of the Swiss national basketball team and participated at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification.[1]
| No. 24 – Fribourg Olympic | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Swiss Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 May 1990 Mendrisio, Switzerland |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2011 | SAV Vacallo Basket |
| 2011–2016 | Fribourg Olympic |
| 2016–2019 | Lions de Genève |
| 2019 | KK Cibona |
| 2019–2020 | ÍR |
| 2020–2021 | Lions de Genève |
| 2021–2023 | Spinelli Massagno |
| 2023–present | Fribourg Olympic |
Club career
editIn August 2019, Kovac signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR.[2] On 29 August it was reported that Kovac had signed a contract with Croatian club KK Cibona even though he was still under contract for the season with ÍR.[3] In September, Cibona bought up Kovac's contract við ÍR.[4] In December 2019, Kovac left Cibona and signed back with ÍR.[5] He appeared in 10 games for Cibona in the A-1 Liga, averaging 6.4 points and 1.6 rebounds. He also appeared in 9 Liga ABA games for Cibona where he averaged 2.8 points in only 8.9 minutes per game.
National team career
editOn 21 August 2019, Kovac scored 29 points for Switzerland as it beat Iceland in the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification to advance to the main qualification stage.[6]
References
edit- ^ Roberto Kovac | EuroBasket 2015, eurobasket2015.org, accessed 19 Nov 2015.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (20 August 2019). "Lék á móti íslenska landsliðinu í Höllinni á dögunum og verður með ÍR í vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 August 2019). "Skaut íslenska landsliðið á kaf en vill ekki lengur spila með ÍR-ingum í vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (10 September 2019). "Cibona keypti Kovac af ÍR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (20 December 2019). "Svisslendingurinn loks á leið í Breiðholtið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (21 August 2019). "ÍR-ingar eiga gott í vændum ef nýi leikmaðurinn spilar eins og gegn Íslandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
External links
edit- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Career statistics at proballers.com