Alen Omić (born 6 May 1992) is a Slovenian professional

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player for Cedevita Olimpija of the

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Professional career

Omić started playing professional basketball for Zlatorog Laško. In 2009, he signed with Zlatorog and stayed with the club for three seasons until 2012. On 30 August 2012, Omić signed a four-year deal with

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. In July 2014, Omić joined the

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for the

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. He returned to the Summer League the following year, for the

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. On 1 August 2015, Omić signed a two-year deal with

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. He made a good impression with Gran Canaria right from the start, and was named to the season's

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. On 28 June 2016, Omić signed a two-year deal with Turkish club

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. On 16 January 2017, he left Efes, and signed with Spanish club

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, for the rest of the season. In April 2017, he won the EuroCup with Unicaja after beating

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in the

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. On 28 July 2017, Omić signed with Israeli club

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for the 2017–18 season. On 20 January 2018, he left Hapoel and signed with Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the rest of the season. On 2 January 2019, he signed with Olimpia Milano for the rest of the season. On 24 June 2019, he signed with

Joventut Badalona Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams ...

of the

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. Omić averaged 11.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. On 11 September 2020, he signed with

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of the

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. Omić averaged 11.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. On 23 November 2021, he signed with Cedevita Olimpija of the

International career

Omić made his debut for the senior

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at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. He also represented Slovenia at the

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, where they were eliminated by

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in the tournament's eighth finals.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;",

, 10 , , 0 , , 12.5 , , .416 , , .000 , , .625 , , 3.8 , , .1 , , .1 , , .3 , , 5.0 , , 5.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

, 17 , , 1 , , 8.1 , , .555 , , .000 , , .375 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , .2 , , .2 , , 2.9 , , 2.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Crvena zvezda , 11 , , 0 , , 17.3 , , .704 , , .000 , , .516 , , 3.9 , , .8 , , .2 , , .2 , , 8.4 , , 10.7 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" , Career , 38 , , 1 , , 12.1 , , .577 , , .000 , , .532 , , 2.6 , , .4 , , .2 , , .1 , , 5.1 , , 5.7

EuroCup

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;",

, 16 , , 12 , , 22.6 , , .596 , , .000 , , .617 , , 5.3 , , .4 , , .3 , , 1.1 , , 9.3 , , 12.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;",

, 15 , , 11 , , 24.5 , , .538 , , .000 , , .661 , , 7.0 , , 1.2 , , .7 , , .7 , , 12.0 , , 16.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

, 21 , , 13 , , 24.3 , , .633 , , .000 , , .640 , , 7.6 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , .2 , , 14.0 , , 19.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

, 11 , , 5 , , 20.2 , , .542 , , .000 , , .462 , , 5.5 , , .6 , , .3 , , .3 , , 6.4 , , 9.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 63 , , 41 , , 23.1 , , .590 , , .000 , , .613 , , 6.5 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , .6 , , 11.0 , , 15.3

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