Mario Delaš (born January 16, 1990) is a Croatian professional

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player for

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in the Spanish second-tier

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. He is a 2.07 m (6'9 ") tall power forward / center.

Professional career

Mario Delaš made his professional debut in

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, during the 2006–07 season. In January 2010, he signed a contract with

BC Žalgiris Basketball Club Žalgiris ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania, and competes domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL, Lithuanian Basketball League). Founded in 1944, ...

for the next three-and-half seasons. During the 2010–11 season, he was loaned to

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and

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. He spent most of the 2011–12 season on loan in the Žalgiris subsidiary

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, returning to the Žalgiris team in March 2013. He signed with

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in the summer of 2013. On June 30, 2014, he signed a multi-year deal with

Cedevita Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cedevita Junior ( en, Cedevita Junior Basketball Club), also known as Cedevita Junior, is a men's basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is named after its main sponsor Cedevita, and competes in the Croatian HT ...

. In the first days of 2016, after spending the first half of the 2015–16 season in Cedevita, without playing a single minute, he moved to the Estonian side Kalev/Cramo for the rest of the season. On September 19, 2016, he signed with the Italian

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club Orlandina Basket. On February 14, 2018, he parted ways with Orlandina. Two days later, he signed with

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for the remainder of the season. In December, 2019 Delaš returned to

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of the Croatian League. After spending a month and playing only four games for Split, in January 2020, Delaš moved to XL Extralight Montegranaro of the Italian second-tier Serie A2. On January 11, 2021, Delaš signed with GTK Gliwice of the PLK. In August, 2021, Delaš signed with

of the Spanish second-tier

National team career

Delaš represented his country's junior national teams in Under-16, Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 competitions, winning bronze medals at the

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, and at the

2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Maori: 2009 FIBA I-Raro I Te 19 Tau Toa o Te Ao) was the 9th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national team ...

. He was selected to the All-Tournament Teams of both championships, and also won the MVP award in the latter tournament, averaging 20 points per game. His first call-up to the senior men's Croatian national basketball team came in 2013. He was a part of the Croatian team that took 4th place at the 2013 EuroBasket, where he played only a minor role in his team's success.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of

Ante Delaš Ante Delaš (born March 11, 1988) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Ribola Kaštela of the Croatian second-tier First Men's Basketball League. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, making him a classica ...

, who is also a professional basketball player, and with whom he played with in

, Cedevita and the Croatian national basketball team.

Professional career

National team career

Personal life

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