Žiga Samar (born January 26, 2001) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Hamburg Towers of the

Basketball Bundesliga The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season ...

(BBL), on loan from

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. He is a 1.97m tall

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Professional career

Samar made his professional debut for

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in the

Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered ...

during the 2017–18 season. On August 19, 2019, Samar signed a four-year contract with Spanish team Fuenlabrada. For the 2019–20 season he was loaned to Zamora of the LEB Plata. On July 22, 2022, he has signed with

of the

(BBL). On August 5, 2022, Samar joined fellow Bundesliga side Hamburg Towers on loan.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile

REALGM profile

PROBALLERS profile
2001 births Living people Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players Hamburg Towers players Liga ACB players Point guards Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Spain Slovenian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice {{Slovenia-basketball-bio-stub