Roko Prkačin (born 26 November 2002) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Girona of the

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. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position.

Early career

Prkačin grew up in the youth system of

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. At a very early age he started to stand out among his teammates. With the U-16 Cibona team, in 2017 he won U-16 Europe Youth Basketball League Tournament. He was the tournament's top scorer and was named the MVP. He also played the 2017–18 Junior ABA League and

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even though he was in average two to three years younger than his teammates. In June 2019, he attended the Basketball Without Borders Europe camp in

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, Latvia.

Professional career

In August 2018,

decided to loan Prkačin to KK Rudeš of the second-tier Croatian First League. After playing very well in Rudeš he was called-up for the Cibona senior team in January 2019. On 12 January 2019, Prkačin made his professional and Adriatic League debut for Cibona in a 89–68 loss to Cedevita, making 6 points and 6 rebounds. Through 5 Adriatic League games in the 2018–19 season, Prkačin averaged 2.2 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per game. On 24 September 2020, Prkačin was promoted as the new team captain of Cibona, becoming the youngest captain in clubs history at 17 years and 10 months of age. Following the 2020–21 season Prkačin declared for the

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. On July 19, 2021, he withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2021 NBA draft. On July 21, 2022, Prkačin signed with Girona.

National team career

Youth teams

Prkačin was a member of the Croatia under-17 team that took 7th place at the

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. In this tournament he averaged 12.3 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. In the same summer of 2018, Prkačin played with the Croatia under-16 team that won the gold medal at the

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held in Novi Sad. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 18.6 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.0 blocks per game and was honored with the tournament's MVP title along with a spot in the All-Star Five team.

Senior team

On 27 November 2020, one day after his 18th birthday, Prkačin made his debut for the Croatia national team at the EuroBasket 2022 qualification in a 79–62 win over Turkey, making 6 points and one rebound.

Personal life

Roko is a son of the former professional basketball player

Nikola Prkačin Nikola "Nikša" Prkačin (born 15 November 1975) is a Croatian retired professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. During his professional club playing career, ...

References

External links

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