Martin Phong Ni Watt Breunig (born 18 February 1992) is a German professional

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player for

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of the

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Amateur career

Breunig, son of a Thai mother and a German father, played football before he came to basketball. In the U14, he joined the youth section of the 04 Leverkusen TSV Bayer. He played for his hometown club until 2010, including on the side of

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, Tim Unterluggauer and Till-Joscha Jönke in the U19 Bundesliga NBBL. He decided to continue his career in the United States. In the 2010–11 season Breunig joined

St. John's Northwestern Military Academy St. John's Northwestern Military Academy (SJNMA) was founded in 1884 as St. John's Military Academy (SJMA) in Delafield, Wisconsin, by the Rev. Sidney T. Smythe as a private, college preparatory school. In 1995, Northwestern Military and Naval Ac ...

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and then moved to the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

, where he studied and played from 2011 to 2013. Then he transferred to

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, sitting out the 2013–14 season per NCAA rules. While Breunig was a bench player at Washington, he became a star player at Montana. He was named to the First Team All-

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as a junior and was the sixth highest scorer in the Big Sky Conference, averaging 16.7 points per-game. He was the highest scoring two-year player in Montana history. Breunig was named team MVP and repeated on the First Team All-Big Sky as a senior.

Professional career

Breunig started his professional career by signing in June 2016, a two-year contract with the Bundesliga club

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. However, this contract was dissolved after just one year, Breunig moved within the league to the

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. During the 2019–20 season, he averaged 11.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. On July 20, 2020, he has signed with

EWE Baskets Oldenburg Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, ...

of the

(BBL). On September 5, 2022, he signed with

of the

National team

Breunig played for the German U16 and U18 national team. With the U16 he won the B Championships in Sarajevo in 2008. In 2010, he took part in the U18 selection at the European Championships in Lithuania.

Statistics

References

External links

Basketball Champions League Profile

German BBL Profile

ESPN Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile

Montana Grizzlies bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breunig, Martin 1992 births Living people Centers (basketball) EWE Baskets Oldenburg players German expatriate basketball people in the United States German men's basketball players German people of Thai descent Mitteldeutscher BC players Montana Grizzlies basketball players Sportspeople from Leverkusen Power forwards (basketball) Riesen Ludwigsburg players Telekom Baskets Bonn players Washington Huskies men's basketball players