Roberto Kovac, (born 2 May 1990) is a
Swiss
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professional
basketball
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player. He has been a member of the
Swiss national basketball team and participated at the
2015 EuroBasket qualification
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.
Club career
In August 2019, Kovac signed with
Úrvalsdeild karla club
ÍR. On 29 August it was reported that Kovac had signed a contract with Croatian club
KK Cibona
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even though he was still under contract for the season with ÍR. In September, Cibona bought up Kovac's contract við ÍR. In December 2019, Kovac left Cibona and signed back with ÍR. He appeared in 10 games for Cibona in the
A-1 Liga
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, averaging 6.4 points and 1.6 rebounds. He also appeared in 9
Liga ABA
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games for Cibona where he averaged 2.8 points in only 8.9 minutes per game.
National team career
On 21 August 2019, Kovac scored 29 points for Switzerland as it beat
Iceland
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in the
EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification to advance to the main qualification stage.
References
External links
Eurobasket.com ProfileCareer statistics
at proballers.com
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1990 births
Living people
Fribourg Olympic players
ÍR men's basketball players
KK Cibona players
Lions de Genève players
People from Mendrisio
Shooting guards
Swiss men's basketball players
Swiss people of Croatian descent
Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
Sportspeople from Ticino