Žiga Dimec (born 20 February 1993) is a Slovenian professional

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player for TSG GhostHawks of the P. League+. He also represents the

Slovenian national basketball team The Slovenia men's national basketball team () represents Slovenia in international basketball competitions, and is managed by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia. Since the independence of Slovenia in 1991, the national team has competed at e ...

Professional career

Dimec played in youth categories with Zlatorog Laško. For the 2010–11 season he was loaned to Konjice of the

Slovenian Second League The Slovenian Second Football League (), also known by the abbreviation 2. SNL, is the second highest Association football, football league in Slovenia. The league was formed in 1991 and is operated by the Football Association of Slovenia. Format ...

. From 2011 to 2014 he played with Zlatorog Laško. For the 2014–15 season he moved to Rogaška. In July 2015, he signed with Krka. On 3 September 2018 Dimec signed a three-month deal with

Medi Bayreuth Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the ProA, the second-highest division of basketball in Ge ...

. On 27 November 2018 Dimec signed with Lithuanian team

BC Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis (), commonly known as Lietkabelis Panevėžys, also known as 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lit ...

. On 1 December 2021 he signed with

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of the PLK. On 30 August 2022 he signed with

Nishinomiya Storks The Kobe Storks () are a professional basketball team based in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan that compete in the second division of the Japanese B.League. History The club was formed in 2011 as the Hyogo Storks (兵庫ストークス） and ent ...

of the

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. On 13 September 2023 he signed with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi of the

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. In the middle of the 2023/2024 season, after terminating the contract with the Turkish club, he joined

KK Włocławek Klub Koszykówki Włocławek (English: Basketball Club Włocławek), or known for sponsorship reasons as Anwil Włocławek, is a Polish professional basketball club, based in Włocławek, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PL ...

of the

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on January 4, 2024. On August17, 2024, he signed with TSG GhostHawks of the P. League+.

National team career

With Slovenia's junior national teams, Dimec played at the

2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 27th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Lithuania from July 22 to August 1. Serbia was the defending champion. Lithuania won the title a ...

2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 28th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Poland from July 21–31. Lithuania were the defending champion. Spain won their third title. Te ...

2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Slovenia from 12 to 22 July 2012. Lithuania won the title for the second time. Participating ...

and

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating tea ...

. Dimec became a member of the senior

in 2016. He played at the

EuroBasket 2017 EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar ...

References

External links

Žiga Dimec
at aba-liga.com
Žiga Dimec
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dimec, Ziga 1993 births Living people 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players ABA League players Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics BC Lietkabelis players Centers (basketball) FIBA EuroBasket–winning players KK Cedevita Olimpija players KK Krka players KK Włocławek players KK Zlatorog Laško players Medi Bayreuth players Kobe Storks players Olympic basketball players for Slovenia Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Germany Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Poland Slovenian men's basketball players Basketball players from Celje Tainan TSG GhostHawks players P. League+ imports