Marko Jagodić-Kuridža ( sr-cyr, Марко Јагодић Куриџа; born May 15, 1987) is a Serbian professional

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player for

KK Vojvodina Košarkaški klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Војводина, ), commonly referred to as KK Vojvodina or simply Vojvodina, is a professional basketball club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, and the major part of the Vojvod ...

of the ABA 2 League and the KLS. He also used to represent the senior

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internationally. He won national titles with

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, Oostende, Primorska, Budućnost and

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

as well as two

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titles.

Professional career

Jagodić-Kuridža was born in

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, present-day

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, but grew up in

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. He started his senior career with Spartak Subotica. He then played for

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of the

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. He also played for

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the main ...

. While playing with Čapljina Lasta he was named the

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of the 2011–12 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July 2012, he signed with Croatian club

. He was the first Serbian basketball player that signed with Cibona after the

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. In his first season with Cibona he won the Croatian League and

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. In his second year he won the

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. On January 1, 2016, after three and a half years in Cibona, he moved to the Czech side

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. While playing with Nymburk he won the

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. His next club was Oostende where he played two seasons, twice winning the

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and

. On 20 June 2018, he signed for Slovenian team Primorska. While playing with Primorska in the 2018–19 season, Jagodić-Kuridža won the

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as well the all three trophies in Slovenia (

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and Supercup). He also started the 2019–20 season with Primorska, winning the one more Slovenian Supercup. He was named the Finals MVP of the

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. On 19 December 2019, he left Primorska and signed with

. In February 2021, he won the

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and was also named the Serbian Cup MVP. With Crvena zvezda he also won the

and the

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. On 24 June 2021, he signed a one-year deal with Budućnost. In July 2022, he re-signed with Budućnost for one more season.

National team career

In November 2021, Jagodić-Kuridža made his debut for the

during the game vs

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in the

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. He was on the final roster of Serbia for the

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References

External links

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at realgm.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagodic-Kuridza, Marko 1987 births Living people ABA League players Basketball players from Zadar Croatian expatriate basketball people in Serbia BC Oostende players Basketball Nymburk players KK Budućnost players KK Cibona players KK Crvena zvezda players KK Novi Sad players KK Spartak Subotica players OKK Borac players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Belgium Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Serbian expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia Serbian men's basketball players Serbia men's national basketball team players Serbs of Croatia Power forwards Yugoslav Wars refugees