Marko Ljubičić

Marko Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Љубичић; born 23 July 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Vojvodina of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Marko Ljubičić

Vojvodina
Position	Point guard
League	Basketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born	(1987-07-23) 23 July 1987 (age 37) Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2009: undrafted
Playing career	2008–present
Career history
2008–2009	Superfund
2009–2010	Budućnost
2010–2011	Metalac
2011–2012	Ikaros Kallitheas
2012–2013	Cherkasy Monkeys
2014	Meridiana
2014	Bàsquet Manresa
2014–2015	Metalac
2015–2016	MZT Skopje
2016–2017	FMP
2017–2018	Igokea
2018–2019	Cibona
2019–2020	Alba Fehérvár
2020	Podgorica
2020–2022	Vojvodina
2022	Mladost Zemun
2022–present	Vojvodina
Career highlights and awards
Croatian League champion (2019) Montenegrin League champion (2010) Macedonian League champion (2016) Montenegrin Cup winner (2010) Macedonian Cup winner (2016) Bosnian Cup winner (2018) Serbian Super League MVP (2011) Serbian League Cup winner (2021)
Medals Representing  Serbia Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Team competition

Professional career

Ljubičić was named MVP of the Serbian Super League in 2011.^[1] In July 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Cherkasy Monkeys.^[2] In January 2014, he returned to Serbia and signed with KK Meridiana.^[3] He left them after only one game and signed with Bàsquet Manresa^[4] where he stayed for the rest of the season. In September 2014, he returned to his former team Metalac, signing a one-year contract.^[5]

In August 2015, he signed with Macedonian club MZT Skopje.^[6] For the 2016–17 season he moved to FMP Beograd. In August 2017, he signed with Igokea.^[7]

On 4 July 2018 he signed with Cibona.^[8]

Ljubičić spent the 2019–20 season with Alba Fehérvár and averaged 11.7 points and 5.9 assists per game. On 11 November 2020 he signed with Podgorica of the Montenegrin First League.^[9] In December 2020, he signed with his hometown team Vojvodina.^[10]

National team career

Ljubičić was a member of the Serbian university team that won the gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

References

1. "Ljubičić MVP Super lige". Kosarka.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
2. "Marko Ljubicic inks with Cherkasy Monkeys". Sportando.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
3. "Nova lica u Vršcu i Meridiani". Kosarka24.com (in Serbian). 17 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
4. "Manresa bring in on tryout Marko Ljubicic". Sportando.net. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
5. "Marko Ljubičić returns to Metalac Farmakom". abaliga.com. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
6. "МЗТ тргна со засилувања: Потпиша плејмејкерот Љубичиќ". ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
7. "Marko Ljubičić pens 1-year contract with Igokea". aba-liga.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
8. "Marko Ljubičić joins Cibona". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
9. Obradovic, Igor (November 11, 2020). "Marko Ljubicic (ex Cibona) agreed terms with Podgorica". Eurobasket. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
10. "Marko Ljubičić u Vojvodini". kkvojvodina.rs. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

External links

• aba-liga.com profile
• eurobasket.com profile