Toni Dijan (born 17 February 1983) is a Croatian professional

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and former player who is an assistant coach for

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. He played the

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position.

Playing career

Dijan, a native of

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, is a product of the

youth system. He played in the Croatian national youth selections. He won a silver medal together with the Croatian Junior National Team at the 2000 FIBA U-18 European Championship held in

, where he also made the All- Tournament team. His team lost in the finals by just one point against

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, led by

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. Unfortunately, his senior career, marked with many injuries, did not follow the success of his youth career. He signed his first professional contract with

in 2000 and stayed with the club for the next five years. In this period Zadar won the

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and the Croatian League in 2005, along with two Croatian Cups. In 2005 Dijan moves to the Slovenian

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where he spent one season. After spending the 2007-08 season at the Bosnian Široki Prima pivo, he returns to the Croatian League signing with

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in 2008. He spent another two seasons in

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and in the summer of 2013 decided to return to

. He averaged 8.0 pts, 3.5 reb, 1.3 ass in the 2012-13 season of the ABA League. In January 2015 he joined his former club

References

External links

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at draftexpress.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dijan, Toni 1983 births Living people ABA League players Croatian basketball coaches Croatian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian men's basketball players KK Split players KK Olimpija players KK Zadar players KK Zagreb players Small forwards Basketball players from Zadar HKK Široki players KK Zadar coaches