Kristina Benić

Kristina Benić (born 4 June 1988 in Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian female professional basketball player, who played for clubs in Croatia, England and Italy. She was also part of the Croatia women's national basketball team which played in the EuroBasket Women 2013.^[1]

Kristina Benić

Personal information
Born	(1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 36) Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Career information
WNBA draft	2010: undrafted
Position	Power forward
Career history
2006–2007	Jolly JBS
2008–2010	Ragusa Dubrovnik
2012–2013	Jolly JBS
2013	Novi Zagreb
2014–2015	Ragusa Dubrovnik
2015–2016	CUS Cagliari
2016	Nottingham Wildcats
2017	La Spezia
2017–present	Basket Team Crema

Career

She played the 2006–07 season for Jolly JBS, winning the Croatian League^[2] and participating in the EuroCup Women that season.^[3] She played the 2008–09 EuroCup Women with Ragusa Dubrovnik.^[4] In 2010-11 she played the EuroCup Women with Novi Zagreb.^[5] In 2012 she is back at Šibenik Jolly and played 24 matches in the national championship, before moving in 2013 for another spell at Novi Zagreb.^[6] In March 2015 she played the final of the Croatian Cup with Ragusa Dubrovnik^[7]

In 2015 she sign with Italian club CUS Cagliari to play in the Serie A1.^[8] In 2016 she moved to England to play in the British League for the Nottingham Wildcats.^[9] In January 2017, she left England and returned to Italy where she signed with Cestistica Spezzina.^[10]

Ahead of the 2017-18 season, she sign with Basket Team Crema from Serie A2.^[11][12][13] She helped the team to win the Serie A2 Cup and is elected the Most Valuable Player in the finals.^[14]

Awards

• 2006–07 Croatian First Women's Basketball League champion with ŽKK Šibenik.

References

1. "Croatia Confirm Final List For Trelaze". FIBA Europe. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. "Prva Liga Women 2006-2007". Eurobasket. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
3. "Kristina Benic - Sibenik Jolly JBS". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
4. "Kristina Benic - ZKK PGM Ragusa". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
5. "Kristina Benic - LUPA PROMOTION NOVI ZAGREB". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
6. "Kristina Benić se vratila u Novi Zagreb". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. Begić, Tihomir (24 March 2015). "Paralelni intervju: Kristina Benić i Jovana Vukoje, udarni tandem dubrovačke Raguse". Ženska košarka (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 October 2018.
8. "Il Cus Cagliari ingaggia Nikolina Milic e Kristina Benic". L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 27 August 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
9. "Wildcats deliver coup with Croatian ace Benic". Nottingham Wildcats. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
10. "Carispezia Arquati, ufficiale il tesseramento di Kristina Benic dal Nottingham". cittadellaspezia.com (in Italian). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
11. "A2 UFFICIALE- Crema firma Nori e Benic". Basketinside.com (in Italian). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
12. "A 2, Kristina Benic e Alice Nori sbarcano a Crema". Basketrosa.com (in Italian). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
13. "E' arrivata Kristina Benic, battuta Scrivia". Sport in Lombardia (in Italian). 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
14. "COPPA ITALIA CITTÀ DI ALESSANDRIA - Crema trionfa per la prima volta nella sua storia in Coppa Italia". legabasketfemminile.it (in Italian). 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

External links

• Profile at eurobasket.com