Damir Markota (born December 26, 1985 as Damir Omerhodžić) is a Croatian professional

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player currently playing for Dinamo in the Croatian League. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position.

Professional career

Markota, born in

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(then SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,

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), fled Bosnia during the war and settled in Sweden, where he began to practice basketball. He played together with

Maciej Lampe Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a Polish professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays at the power forward and center positions. Professional career Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden ...

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, until moving to Croatia when he was fourteen, after being invited to play in the Croatian league. Markota signed with KK Cibona, but was loaned to

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and ''Karlovac Šanac'' until the end of 2002–03. Subsequently, he received Croatian citizenship (holding Swedish as well), declining an offer to play for the

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. Markota was an early candidate for the

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, but soon withdrew his name from consideration. He was later invited to the Croatian national team, and in 2005 he changed his last name from "Omerhodžić" to "Markota" (his mother's maiden name). He was eventually chosen by the

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in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft, 59th overall, then immediately traded to the

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. During the summer of 2006, the Bucks signed Markota to a multi-year contract after the Spurs traded his draft rights for the higher of the Bucks’ two 2007 NBA draft second-round picks. In February 2007, the Bucks assigned Markota to

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of the

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, in order to further improve his play. On September 7, Markota was waived by the Bucks, and signed with Russian team

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on a two-year contract two days later. However, in early 2008, he switched to Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas. On August 14, 2008, Markota was signed by Cibona, returning to the team he represented as a youngster but, after a series of unsatisfying performances upon recovering form knee injury, he was suspended for clashing with the coach. On October 28, 2008 ViveMenorca, of the Spanish ACB, announced the signing of Markota. In January 2009, he joined Iurbentia Bilbao. On September 1, 2010 he signed a one-year deal with

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in Slovenia. In January 2012 he left

due to lack of payment and signed with

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. He signed a contract with

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in August 2012. On September 27, 2013, he signed a three-month contract with Brose Baskets. On November 25, 2013, he signed with his former club Bilbao Basket until the end of the season. In October 2014 Markota returns to

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for the third time signing a contract to last until the end of the season. On January 2, 2015 he parted ways with Cibona. The same day he signed with Turkish team İstanbul BB. On June 17, 2017, Markota signed with Turkish club

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. On December 4, 2017, he parted ways with Uşak, and signed with Croatian club

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. In September 2018 Markota returned to

for the fourth time in his career. In July 2019 Markota signed with the Montenegrin Mornar. Markota started the 2020–21 season with the Croatian side

but on October 23, 2020, he signed with

for the fifth time in his career. After a conflict with coach Vladimir Jovanović, in April 2021, Markota left Cibona. In February 2022, Markota signed with Dinamo of the Croatian second-tier

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National team career

Markota has also been a member of the senior men's Croatian national basketball team. With Croatia's senior national team, he played at the

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, EuroBasket 2013 and the

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Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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EuroLeague

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References

External links

ABA League Profile

ACB League profile

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NBA Profile

TBLStat.net Profile
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