Michal Čekovský (born June 17, 1994) is a Slovak basketball player. He played

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for the

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College career

After one year with the

Canarias Basketball Academy Canarias Basketball Academy is a basketball institute based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Its senior team currently plays in the Spanish Basketball Federation with their U18 and U16 teams. The junior team usually participates in the Eurole ...

, Čekovský committed to

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in 2014.

Professional career

Čekovský started his career with

Považská Bystrica Považská Bystrica (; ; ) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism. Profile Považská Bystrica is situated in a fold of mounta ...

from

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. He won the Slovak junior championship for the 2010–11 season. In the same season he played professional basketball. He was named the most promising young player of the

Slovak Basketball League The Slovenská Basketbalová Liga (SBL) () is the highest level tier league of men's professional club basketball in Slovakia. The league was founded in 1993. MBK Pezinok is the league's most successful team, having won a league record 9 champions ...

for that season. On June 24, 2011, Čekovský signed a contract with the Serbian team

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...

.Veseli otišao u NBA, Partizan pronašao naslednika

International career

Čekovský was a member of the Slovak U16 national team at the

2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B was an international basketball competition held in Portugal in 2009. Medalists 1. Bulgaria 2. Denmark 3. England Final ranking (comparative) 1. Slovenia 2. Bulgaria 3. Sweden ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

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Michal Čekovský , KK Partizan
1994 births Living people ABA League players Basketball League of Serbia players Centers (basketball) KK Partizan players Maryland Terrapins men's basketball players Power forwards Slovak expatriate basketball people in Serbia Slovak expatriate basketball people in the United States Slovak men's basketball players Basketball players from Košice MBK Handlová players 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-basketball-bio-stub