Ivan Ramljak

Ivan Ramljak (born August 9, 1990) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Poitiers Basket 86 in the French second-tier LNB Pro B. Standing at 2.03 m, he can play both forward positions.

Ivan Ramljak

No. 27 – Poitiers Basket 86
Position	Small forward / power forward
League	LNB Pro B
Personal information
Born	(1990-08-09) August 9, 1990 (age 34) Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2009	Posušje
2009–2013	Široki
2013–2015	Cedevita Zagreb
2015–2016	Zadar
2016	Zagreb
2016–2017	Zadar
2017–2019	Cedevita Zagreb
2019–2020	Krka
2020–2021	Śląsk Wrocław
2021	Poitiers Basket 86
2021–2023	Śląsk Wrocław
2023–present	Poitiers Basket 86
Career highlights and awards
3× Bosnian League champion (2010–2012) 3× Croatian League champion (2014, 2015, 2018) Polish League champion (2022) 2× Bosnian Cup winner (2011, 2012) 4× Croatian Cup winner (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019) 2× PLK Best Defender (2021, 2022)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Croatia European U-18 Championship 2008 Greece U-18 Team

Professional career

Ramljak, a native of Posušje, grew up in HKK Posušje where he played as a professional until 2009. He began his career in 2007, and made his ABA league debut in the 2009–10 season, when as a 19-year-old he played 10 games for Široki. In the 2012–13 season Ramljak averaged 7.6 pts, 3.9 reb and 1.1 ass in 24.1 min in the ABA League, while in the Bosnian League he averaged 7.7 pts, 14.5 reb, 1.4 assists in 22 minutes. In June 2013 he signed with the Croatian side Cedevita Zagreb.^[1] On 26 June 2015, he left Cedevita.^[2] On the beginning of the 2015–16 season he signed with Zadar joining his brother Marko in the same team.^[3] After spending the season in Zadar, he had a short spell in Zagreb, but then returned to Zadar in October 2016 signing a contract lasting until the end of the 2016–17 season.^[4]

On June 27, 2019, he signed with Krka of the Slovenian League.^[5]

On September 1, 2020, he has signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the PLK.^[6]

International career

Ramljak was part of the Croatian national team youth selections. He took part in the 2008 European U-18 Championship where he won bronze and the 2010 U-20 European Championship were Croatia came fourth.^[7]

He was part of the senior Croatian national team at the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket and the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifications.

Personal life

His older brother Tomislav (born 1985) and younger brother Marko (born 1993) are also basketball players and have all played in the Croatia national basketball team youth selections.^[8]

References

1. "Potpisao Ivan Ramljak" (in Croatian). kkcedevita.hr. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
2. "Cedevita parts ways with Ukic, Delas and Ramljak". Sportando.com. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
3. "Ivan Ramljak potpisao 30k" (in Croatian). kkzadar.net. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
4. "Zadar welcomes back Ramljak". eurobasket.com. 2016-10-12.
5. Carchia, Emiliano (June 27, 2019). "Krka keep Luka Lapornik and sign contract with Ivan Ramljak". Sportando. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
6. "KOLEJNE WZMOCNIENIE Z BAŁKANÓW!" (in Polish). wks-slask.eu. September 1, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
7. "KK Cedevita: Potpisao Ivan Ramljak" (in Croatian). mojzagreb.info. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
8. "Ramljak nije pogriješio otišavši u Zadar" (in Croatian). kosarka.org. 2011-02-09. Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-12.

External links

• Profile at aba-liga.com
• Profile at fiba.com
• Profile at eurobasket.com
• Profile at realGM.com