Branko Mirković ( sr-cyr, Бранко Мирковић, ; born 5 October 1982) is a Serbian-Bulgarian former professional
basketball
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player. He played at the
point guard
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A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...
position.
Professional career
During his career, Mirković played for
KK Smederevo 1953
Košarkaški klub Smederevo 1953 ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Смедерево 1953), commonly referred to as KK Smederevo 1953, is a men's basketball club based in Smederevo, Serbia. The club currently plays in the Second Region ...
,
KK Pelister
KK Pelister is a men's professional basketball club based in Bitola, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian League and the ABA League Second Division.
History
The club was founded in 1948. Pelister is one of the most represent ...
,
BC Rilski Sportist
BC Rilski Sportist () is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Samokov. The team is part of National Basketball League (Bulgaria), NBL, FIBA Europe Cup, and Balkan International Basketball League, BIBL. They play their home matches at ...
,
PBC Lukoil Academic
BC Academic Metropol Region () is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia.
In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new owners, the German-Bulgarian ex-professional basketball players ...
and
KK Igokea
Košarkaški klub Igokea ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Игокеа), commonly referred to as KK Igokea or as Igokea m:tel due to sponsorship reasons, is a Bosnian professional basketball club based in Aleksandrovac, near Laktaši, Re ...
.
On 24 July 2013 he signed with
BC Tsmoki-Minsk
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Established in 2006 as ...
.
On 21 June 2020 he signed with
Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the
Lithuanian Basketball League
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.
Bulgarian national basketball team
In 2013, Mirković accepted to play for the
Bulgaria national basketball team
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Bulgaria's first appearance at an international tournament came at the EuroBasket in 193 ...
after which he received a Bulgarian passport. With the national team, he led all players at
FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualification in minutes played, while averaging 12 points, 4 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game.
See also
*
List of foreign basketball players in Serbia
This is a list of men's foreign players that play or have played in the top league in basketball clubs from the territory of Serbia.
In this list are included the foreign players that:
* Play or have played in the Serbian league system (from 200 ...
References
External links
at eurobasket.com
at vtb-league.com
at fiba.com
* at eurobasket2015.org
at sportal.bg
at sportal.bg
1982 births
Living people
Basketball players from Belgrade
BC Kalev/Cramo players
BC Pieno žvaigždės players
BC Rilski Sportist players
BC Tsmoki-Minsk players
Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players
Serbian emigrants to Bulgaria
Bulgarian men's basketball players
Bulgarian people of Serbian descent
CSM Oradea (basketball) players
KK Igokea players
KK Smederevo players
Korvpalli Meistriliiga players
Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria
PBC Academic players
Point guards
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Belarus
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
Serbian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Naturalised sports competitors
Bulgarian expatriate basketball people
21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen
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