Dejan Borovnjak (born April 1, 1986) is a Serbian professional

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player for Antalya Güneşi of the

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Professional career

Borovnjak began his professional career in 2004 with

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...

. In the summer of 2008, he moved to Vojvodina Srbijagas. In May 2009, he parted ways with Vojvodina. On May 28, 2009, he signed with

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of Lithuania. In January 2010, he was loaned to the Greek team

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for the rest of the season. On July 20, 2010, he signed a one-year deal with another Greek team

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. In March 2011, he moved to Spain and signed with CB Gran Canaria for the remainder of the season. On July 28, 2011, he signed a one-year deal with

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of the Italian

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. He was one of the key players for Brindisi to reach the promotion in

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. In July 2012, he extended his contract with Brindisi for one more season. In August 2012, club decided to release him, because he underwent surgery and won't be able to play for several weeks. On November 21, 2012, he signed a one-month deal with K.A.O.D. of Greece. On December 26, 2012, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of Poland for the rest of the season. With them he won the

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in the 2012–13 season. That was the first championship in the history of Zielona Góra. On June 13, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with

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of the

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. On July 16, 2014, he signed with

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of Russia. After the deal the team moved to

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, so Borovnjak became a

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player. On July 22, 2015, he parted ways with Zenit. On August 13, 2015, he returned to Stelmet Zielona Góra for the 2015–16 season. On July 2, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Turkish club Bursaspor. On June 16, 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension with Bursaspor. On September 5, 2019, he has signed with

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of the Liga Națională.

References

External links

Euroleague.net profile

Eurobasket.com profile

TBLstat.net profile
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