Žiga Dimec (born February 20, 1993) is a Slovenian professional

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player for

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of the PLK. He also represents the

Slovenian national basketball team The Slovenia men's national basketball team ( sl, Slovenska košarkarska reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in international basketball competitions, and is managed by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia. Since the independence of Slovenia in ...

Professional career

Dimec played in youth categories with Zlatorog Laško. For the 2010–11 season he was loaned to Konjice of the

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. From 2011 to 2014 he played with Zlatorog Laško. For the 2014–15 season he moved to Rogaška. In July 2015, he signed with Krka. On September 3, 2018 Dimec signed three-months deal with

Medi Bayreuth Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest division o ...

. On November 27, 2018 Dimec signed with Lithuanian team

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. On December 1, 2021, he signed with

of the PLK.

National team career

With Slovenia's junior national teams, Dimec played at the

2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 27th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Lithuania from July 22 to August 1. Serbia was the defending champion. Lithuania won the title aft ...

2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 28th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Poland from July 21–31. Lithuania were the defending champion. Spain won their third title. Tea ...

2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Slovenia from 12 to 22 July 2012. Lithuania won the title for the second time. Participating t ...

and

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating team ...

. Dimec became a member of the senior

in 2016. He played at the

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References

External links

Žiga Dimec
at aba-liga.com
Žiga Dimec
at eurobasket.com

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