Ivan Maraš (

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: Иван Мараш; born April 20, 1986) is a Montenegrin professional

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player for

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of the Belgian

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Professional career

Maraš started playing basketball for

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of the Montenegrin League from 2003, until 2010. With Budućnost, he won three Montenegrin championships and three Montenegrin cups. Before the end of the 2009–10 season, he also signed with Metalac Valjevo. Then, Maraš joined Hemofarm, signing a two-year contract with the club. On March 3, 2012, he left Hemofarm and joined the Belgian club

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until the end of the season. At the end of the season, he renewed his contract with the club for another season. In 2012, he signed a contract with the Cypriot team ETHA Engomis. During his season with the club, Maraš won the

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with ETHA and was also the

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of the tournament. After his great performances with ETHA, Maraš joined Ilysiakos of the

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for the rest of the season. On September 5, 2013, Maraš signed a contract for the upcoming season with the Bahraini team Al Manama. With Al Manama, he won the Bahraini League. For the following two seasons, he played for Tsmoki-Minsk of the Belarus League. During his two-year spell with Tsmoki-Minsk, Maraš also played 3 games for Al Qadsia in

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. With Tsmoki-Minsk, Maraš won two Belarusian championships and two Belarusian cups. On October 6, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with the Iranian team Sanat Naft Abadan. On February 6, 2017, he signed with Doxa Lefkadas until the end of the season, replacing

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on the team's squad. On April 20, 2017, he signed with

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of the

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for the rest of the season. In August 2017, he re-signed with Cholet. On December 30, 2017, he parted ways with Cholet. On January 4, 2018, he signed with Greek club

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for the rest of the 2017–18 season. He signed with

Okapi Aalstar Okapi Aalst is a Belgian professional basketball club from Aalst, Belgium. The club competes in the top tier BNXT League and plays its home games in the Okapi Forum, which has a seating capacity of 2,800 people. Okapi is a long-time participant ...

on July 4, 2019. He re-signed for two seasons on June 12, 2020. On August 11, 2021, Maraš extended his contract until 2023.

References

External links

Ivan Maraš
at euroleague.com

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Maras, Ivan 1986 births Living people ABA League players Aris B.C. players Basketball League of Serbia players Basketball players from Podgorica BC Tsmoki-Minsk players Cholet Basket players Doxa Lefkadas B.C. players Ilysiakos B.C. players KK Budućnost players KK Hemofarm players Okapi Aalstar players KK Metalac Valjevo players Montenegrin men's basketball players 21st-century Montenegrin sportsmen Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Serbia Power forwards Qadsia SC basketball players ETHA Engomis players