Marko Luković (born May 26, 1992) is a Serbian professional
basketball
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player who plays for
Hestia Menorca of the
Leb ORO
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. He is a 2.07 m tall
power forward
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.
Professional career
Luković played in youth categories with
Mega Vizura. He made his debut with the first team in March 2009. In July 2014, he left Mega and signed with German club
TBB Trier
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for the 2014–15 season.
On August 17, 2015, he signed with
MZT Skopje for the 2015–16 season. With MZT he won the
Macedonian League championship and
Macedonian Cup trophy. He was also named the Macedonian Cup MVP.
On July 6, 2016, he signed with
Krka for the 2016–17 season. On July 22, 2017, he signed with
UCAM Murcia for the 2017–18 season. On March 8, 2018, he parted ways with Murcia. Five days later, he signed with
ESSM Le Portel
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.
On August 17, 2018, he signed with
Baxi Manresa for the 2018–19 season. On January 10, 2019, he signed with
Igokea for the rest of the 2018–19 season.
On December 28, 2019, he signed with
Koper Primorska for the rest of the 2019–20 season. He averaged 14 points and 6.6 rebounds per game in ABA league, including two wild game winning buzzerbeaters. On 13 July 2020 he extended his contract with
Koper Primorska.
On September 23, 2020, Luković signed for the Croatian team
Split
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for the 2020–21 season.
National team career
Luković was a member of the Serbian junior national teams. With Serbia U-18 team he played at the
2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
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in Lithuania. Two years later he played at the
2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
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in Slovenia.
Personal life
Marko comes from a basketball family, with his father,
Ljubisav Luković, being a former basketball player and current basketball coach, and his mother is also former basketball player. Marko has an older brother
Uroš __NOTOC__
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and younger sister
Branka
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who are also professional basketball players.
Porodično blago “dinastije Luković”
Career statistics
Domestic leagues
References
External links
Marko Luković
at aba-liga.com
Marko Luković
at acb.com
at beobasket.net
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at fiba.com
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1992 births
Living people
ABA League players
Basketball players from Belgrade
Basketball League of Serbia players
Bàsquet Manresa players
CB Breogán players
CB Murcia players
ESSM Le Portel players
Forwards (basketball)
KK Igokea players
KK Krka players
KK Mega Basket players
KK MZT Skopje players
KK Split players
Liga ACB players
Maroussi B.C. players
Power forwards
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in France
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
Serbian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Serbian men's basketball players
21st-century Serbian sportsmen
CB Menorca players