Darko Jukić (born 23 August 1990) is a Danish professional basketball player for

Bakken Bears Bakken Bears is a Denmark, Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus. The club plays in the Basketligaen, the top tier basketball league in Denmark. Founded in 1953, the club has won the Basketligaen 20 times and holds the record for t ...

of the

Basketligaen The Basketligaen ( en, The Basketball League) is the highest professional basketball league in Denmark. The original men's first division was founded in 1957 and the current league was founded in 1998. All-time record holder in league titles is B ...

. He is also a member of the Danish national basketball team. He is a two-time

champion and one time

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

Professional career

On 6 July 2016, Jukić signed a one-year contract with

KK Krka Košarkarski klub Krka (English: Basketball Club Krka), commonly referred to as KK Krka or simply Krka, is a professional basketball team based in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The team competes in the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League and the ABA Le ...

of the Slovenian Premier A. After a year in Slovenia, he returned to

. On 8 July 2019, he extended his contract with the Bears for two more seasons.

International career

Jukić plays for the Danish national team.

References

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on realgm.com 1990 births Living people Bakken Bears players Danish expatriate basketball people in Italy Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish men's basketball players Danish people of Croatian descent Horsens IC players KK Krka players Ratiopharm Ulm players Small forwards Södertälje Kings players Sportspeople from Copenhagen {{Denmark-basketball-bio-stub