Rašid Mahalbašić (born 7 November 1990) is a Slovenian-born Austrian professional

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player for

Sigal Prishtina Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina ( English: ''Basketball Club Prishtina''), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina. The team currently competes in the Kosovo Sup ...

of the

Kosovo Basketball Superleague The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ProCredit Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991 ...

. Standing at , he can play at

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and

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positions.

Professional career

Mahalbašić played with Kelag Wörthersee Piraten of the

Austrian Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

. In February 2010, he was on try-out at

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from Italian Serie A. In September 2010, Mahalbašić signed a six-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker of the

Turkish Basketball League Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The ...

. Mahalbašić was loaned to

Tofaş S.K. Tofaş Spor Kulübü (), or simply Tofaş S.K., is a professional basketball team that is based in Bursa, Turkey. Their home arena is the Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu, with a capacity of 7,500 seats. The team is sponsored by Turkish car manufacture ...

between December 2010 to February 2011 where he played 10 games. He played with 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 blok performance against Fenerbahçe Ülker. He came back to Fenerbahçe Ülker after

Mirsad Türkcan Mirsad Türkcan (born Mirsad Jahović, sr-cyr, Мирсад Јаховић; on June 7, 1976) is a Turkish former professional basketball player of Bosniak origin. Standing at a height of , he played at the power forward position. A three-time Al ...

's shock injury, then he was loaned again, to

KK Split Košarkaški klub Split (), commonly referred to as KK Split or simply Split, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, Croatia. The club competes in the ABA League and the HT Premijer liga, Croatian Leag ...

of Croatia for the rest of the 2010–11 season. In January 2012, Mahalbašić parted ways with Fenerbahçe, and signed with Slovenia's Zlatorog Laško for the rest of the 2011–12 season. On September 21, 2012, he signed with

Asseco Prokom Gdynia Arka Gdynia, also known as AMW Arka Gdynia for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia. The team plays in the Polish PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from Akademią Marynarki Wojennej. Historically t ...

of the

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for the 2012–13 season. On July 20, 2013, Mahalbašić signed a two-year deal with

ČEZ Basketball Nymburk Basketball Nymburk, also known as ERA Nymburk due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in the town of Nymburk. The club plays in the top-tier level professional National Basketball League (Czech Republic), Czech ...

of the Czech Republic National Basketball League. For the 2014–15 season he signed with

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, a team from the

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and Kazakh League. On June 1, 2015, Mahalbašić signed a two-year contract with the Russian team

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

. After one season he left Nizhny and on September 26, 2016, signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye. On December 5, 2016, he left Yeşilgiresun and signed with Spanish club Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the season. On July 3, 2017, Mahalbašić signed with German club

EWE Baskets Oldenburg Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG ...

. On June 10, 2021, he signed with

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of the French

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and the

EuroLeague The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier and the most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. The league consists of 20 teams, of which 16 are given lon ...

. On August 3, 2022, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the

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. On November 28, 2023, he has signed with

Cedevita Olimpija Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija (), commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA League and the Premier A Slovenian Bask ...

of the

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the top-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, ...

and the

Premier A Slovenian Basketball League The Slovenian Basketball League (), abbreviated as 1. SKL and known as the Liga OTP banka due to sponsorship reasons, is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia. The league is operated by the Basketball Federation of Sloven ...

. In January 2025, he signed with

of the Liga Unike and the

Austria national team

Mahalbašić averaged 15.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game, shooting 76% from the field goal and 53.3% on free throws, in 3 games with the Austrian national team in the qualifications for the Eurobasket 2009 Division B. when he won the tournament MVP.Estonia shock against Mahalbasic
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Career statistics

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References

External links

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at tblstat.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahalbasic, Rasid 1990 births Living people ABA League players Arka Gdynia (basketball) players Austrian expatriate basketball people in Germany Austrian men's basketball players Austrian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Austrian people of Bosniak descent Austrian people of Slovenian descent BC Astana players BC Nizhny Novgorod players CB Breogán players CB Miraflores players Centers (basketball) Basketball Nymburk players EWE Baskets Oldenburg players Fenerbahçe men's basketball players KB Prishtina players KK Split players Liga ACB players Power forwards Real Betis Baloncesto players Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Germany Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Poland Slovenian men's basketball players Slovenian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Slovenian people of Bosniak descent Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice Tofaş S.K. players Yeşilgiresun Belediye players Naturalised basketball players Halcones de Xalapa players 21st-century Austrian sportsmen