Filip Krušlin (born March 18, 1989) is a Croatian professional

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player for

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of the French

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. Standing at 1.98 m, he plays at the

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position.

Professional career

Filip Krušlin started his professional career in 2007-08 season, touted as a hot prospect for Cibona's future. He was recognised as a young talent while he played for younger selections in Zrinjevac and Rudeš. His debut for Cibona came against Široki in 2007–08 Adriatic League season. He played a total of 8 minutes and managed to gather up 4 points by getting a three pointer and one

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scored. After that he played nine more games for Cibona in the Adriatic League. His season highlight was 7 points and 1 rebound in 10 minutes spent on court against

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. At the start of 2008-09 season, Krušlin was offered a loan move to aid his development. Cibona has already signed five more guards that season which did not guarantee much play time for Krušiln. He was then loaned to another club from

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, Dubrava. After suffering an injury and not playing in the Fall of 2009, he left Cibona and joined

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. He spent a season at Bosna and

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before moving, in 2012, to

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. On April 3, 2014, Krušlin signed a contract with Cibona. On July 26, 2016, Krušlin signed a three-year deal with

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. On June 1, 2020, Krušlin signed a deal with

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of the Italian League. Initially he was not renewed for the 2021–22 season, but then, eventually in November, 2021, he was called again from

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to play for one more season. On June 11, 2024, he signed with

of the French

National team career

Krušlin played for the Croatia national U-18 team at the

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and the

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. He also played at the

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. He debuted for the Croatia national team at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin. He was part of the team that took 5th place at the

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but did not spend any time on court. He later played at the 2017 EuroBasket, 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification and 2022 EuroBasket qualification matches.

References

External links

ABA League profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kruslin, Filip 1989 births Living people 21st-century Croatian sportsmen ABA League players Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Zagreb Croatian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian men's basketball players Dinamo Sassari players KK Bosna Royal players KK Cedevita Olimpija players KK Cedevita players KK Cibona players KK Dubrava players KK Split players KK Zabok players KK Zrinjevac players Olympic basketball players for Croatia Shooting guards SIG Strasbourg players