Martin Junaković (born 16 February 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Široki in the Bosnian League and

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. He won the

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championship in

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, as a member of

Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes ...

Club career

He started his career in hometown club

KK Šibenik Košarkaški klub Šibenik, commonly referred to as KK Šibenik or simply Šibenik, was a men's professional basketball club based in Šibenik, Croatia. It was considered one of the best Croatian basketball clubs. In 2010, KK Šibenik bankrupted a ...

in 2009, but next year he left club and signed with

Cedevita Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cedevita Junior ( en, Cedevita Junior Basketball Club), also known as Cedevita Junior, is a men's basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is named after its main sponsor Cedevita, and competes in the Croatian HT Premi ...

. In 2013 he returned to Šibenik for the second time. He was one of the best player in Šibenik and played starting five. In 2015 he left club and signed with

KK Zagreb Košarkaški klub Zagreb ( en, Zagreb Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Zagreb or simply Zagreb, was a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competed in the ABA League and the Croatian League. In the 2011–12 season ...

. He had a great start to the

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season, averaging 29.3 points and 7.3 assists for Zagreb. He left Zagreb in the end of December 2017, and on 3 January 2018 he signed with

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team AV Ohrid. After short time, he signed with Bosnian-Herzegovinian team

HKK Široki Hrvatski košarkaški klub Široki (), commonly referred to as HKK Široki or simply Široki, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team currently competes in the Basketball Champ ...

, but in July 2018 he left club and signed with GKK Šibenik at the third time, but he left Šibenik on 21 December 2018, because of club problems with finance and went to Lithuania, signed with

BC Nevėžis BC Nevėžis ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in ...

Personal life

Junaković is close friends with Croatian basketball player

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. On 29 June 2019 he married his girlfriend Matea Žižić.

References

External links

Martin Junaković
at realgm.com
ABA League
profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Junakovic, Martin 1994 births Living people Croatian men's basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Šibenik GKK Šibenik players KK Šibenik players KK Cedevita players KK Cibona players KK Kaštela players KK Zagreb players HKK Široki players KK Zadar players BC Nevėžis players Boulazac Basket Dordogne players