Dino Radončić (

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: Дино Радончић; born 8 January 1999) is a Montenegrin professional

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player of

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and EuroLeague team

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

Early life

Radončić was born in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, where his father, Damir Radončić, played professional

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

. During his childhood, he also spent some time in Spain, where his father had signed with a club, before the family settled in

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...

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, when he was eight years of age. Radončić started playing

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

, before turning to basketball, in the youth system of KK Uno Grande Zrenjanin.

Professional career

In the 2013–14 season, Radončić played with the youth ranks of

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

. He moved to Real Madrid's youth teams one year later, for the 2014–15 season. He then played with Real Madrid's

reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

Real Madrid B Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team that plays in Primera Federación – Group 1 for the 2022–23 season. It is Real Madrid's reserve team. They play their home games at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium with a capac ...

, in the 2015–16 season. He also made his Spanish

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

and EuroLeague debuts with Real Madrid's senior men's team, during the 2015–16 season. In the 2016–17 season, he also split playing time between Real Madrid's main team, and their reserve B team. On 8 August 2018 Real Madrid loaned him to

San Pablo Burgos Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos, S.A.D., previously known as Club Baloncesto Miraflores and also known as Hereda San Pablo Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Spain and plays in the Coliseum Burgos. ...

for the 2018–19 season. On July 25, 2019, Radončić part ways with Real Madrid and signed a two-year deal with

UCAM Murcia UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes. History Founded in 1985 u ...

. On February 25, 2020, he parted ways with UCAM Murcia. One day later, he signed with

Iberostar Tenerife Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., also known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top level league i ...

of the Liga ACB. On August 11, 2020, he signed with

Casademont Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is th ...

. On September 14, 2023, he was signed by FC Bayern München.

International career

Radončić had his first cap for the senior

Montenegrin national basketball team The Montenegro men's national basketball team ( cnr, Кошаркашка репрезентација Црне Горе, Košarkaška reprezentacija Crne Gore) represents Montenegro in international basketball tournaments. The supervising body ...

in 2016, while playing in the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers. He also played with Montenegro at the main EuroBasket 2017 tournament.Dino RADONCIC (MNE).
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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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References

External links

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at fiba.com (archive)
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at acb.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Radončić, Dino 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Giessen Montenegrin men's basketball players German men's basketball players German people of Montenegrin descent 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Basket Zaragoza players CB Miraflores players CB Murcia players Gipuzkoa Basket players Liga ACB players Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Spain Power forwards Real Madrid Baloncesto players Small forwards 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players