Marko Špica ( sr-cyrl, Марко Шпица; born June 9, 1986) is a retired Serbian professional

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player. He is a 2.05 m tall power forward who last played for

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of the

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Career

Špica grew up with juniors of Beovuk 72. In 2006, he goes to the USA to play

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at the

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. In 2010, he signed with Belgrade club

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where he played only 8 games averaging 14.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game in

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. After good games in the middle of the season he signed with Radnički Kragujevac where he stayed till the end of the season. In 2011, he goes to Slovenian club

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. He averaged 9.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in Slovenian League. In 2012 Špica signed with Hungarian club

. In June 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Belgian club Antwerp Giants. In October 2014, he returned to his former team Kaposvári KK. After one-year stint with

Soproni KC Soproni Kosárlabda Club, commonly known as Soproni KC or Sopron, is a professional basketball team based in Sopron, Hungary. The team competes in the Hungarian first tier Nemzeti Bajnokság I, and play their home games at the MKB Aréna Sopron, w ...

Špica returned to Kaposvár and signed a two-year contract in May 2017. In April 2019, Spica announced that he would retire from professional basketball after suffering a back injury in March 2019 during a game against PVSK. He played 161 official games with Kaposvári KK in five season, scoring 2442 total points.

References

External links

Marko Špica
at eurobasket.com
Marko Špica
at cmuchippewas.com
Marko Špica interview after retiring from basketball
at youtube.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Spica, Marko 1986 births Living people ABA League players Antwerp Giants players Basketball League of Serbia players Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball players KK Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014) players KK Superfund players Power forwards Serbian expatriate basketball people in Belgium Serbian expatriate basketball people in Hungary Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States Serbian men's basketball players Kaposvári KK players Soproni KC players Basketball players from Novi Sad