Marko Pecarski ( sr-cyr, Марко Пецарски; born February 12, 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Yukatel Merkezefendi of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).

Early life and career

Pecarski was born in Gijón, Spain as his father

Miroslav Pecarski Miroslav Pecarski ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Пецарски; born 21 March 1967) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played professionally for KK Partizan, Partizan, Aris B.C., Aris, Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos, Panionio ...

was playing for Gijón of the

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. Marko grew up in his hometown

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, playing for the Zemun youth system. Pecarski played

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s for the Zemun (2013–2014) and the

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(2015–2016). In April 2016, he participated at 2016 Jordan Brand Classic International Game. He made his debut in the

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, on 2 May 2016, at the age of 16, in a home loss to Crvena zvezda. In January 2017, he moved to Germany to play for reserve team of

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of the German 3rd-tier level ProB. In August 2017, he attended Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp 16 in

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, Israel. Also, he attended the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp in

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in February 2018.

Professional career

On September 25, 2017, Pecarski signed a three-year contract with

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from Belgrade. Over 12 ABA League games in 2017–18 season, he averaged 4.2 points and 2.6 rebounds, while shooting 71% from the field goal. In August 2019, Pecarski parted ways with Partizan. On September 20, Pecarski officially parted ways with Partizan. On September 20, 2019, Pecarski signed a three-year contract with FMP. Following the 2020–21 season Pecarski declared for the

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. On July 14, 2021, he parted ways with FMP. On July 19, he withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2021 NBA draft. On July 27, 2021, Pecarski signed a one-year contract with

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. On August 9, 2022, Pecarski signed a contract with Mornar Bar. On August 13, 2023, he signed with Yukatel Merkezefendi of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).

National team career

Pecarski was a member of the Serbia men's national under-16 teams at the two European Under-16 Championships. Over seven games at the 2016 Championship, he averaged 26.6 points, 15.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game and he was selected to the All-Tournament Team. He was the top scorer and the rebounds leader of the 2016 Championship. Before that, over nine games at the 2015 Championship, he averaged 12 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. Pecarski was a member of the Serbian U-18 national basketball teams that won the gold medals at the 2017 Championship and the

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. Over seven tournament games in 2017, he averaged 12.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. In 2018, he averaged 24.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game over seven tournament games. He was the top scorer and the rebounds leader of the 2018 Championship. He was instrumental in the gold-medal game with a game-high 34 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist, as Serbia defeated

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99-90 after an excellent first-half performance. At the tournament's end, he picked up the Most Valuable Player award and got selected to the All-Tournament Team. Pecarski and

Balša Koprivica Balša Koprivica ( sr-cyr, Балша Копривица; born 1 May 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Fl ...

played together for the national team and won a gold medal at the

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. Thirty years ago, their fathers Miroslav Pecarski and

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played together for the national team and won a gold medal at the

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. Pecarski was a member of the Serbian under-19 team that finished 7th at the

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in Heraklion, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 22.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Pecarski was a member of the Serbian under-20 team that finished 15th at the

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in Tel Aviv, Israel. Over six tournament games, he averaged 18.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

Individual awards

* FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP –

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* FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship All-Tournament Team –

* FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Top scorer –

* FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Rebounds Leader –

* FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship All-Tournament Team –

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* FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Top scorer –

* FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Rebounds Leader –

References

External links

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