Samir Shaptahoviç (also known in

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: ** Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the countr ...

as Samir Shaptahu) is a former

Kosovo Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo ( sq, Shqiptarët e Kosovës, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovar/Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars/Kosovans, constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-g ...

professional

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player, who last played for

KB Peja Klubi i Basketbollit Peja (English: ''Basketball Club Peja'') is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pejë. The club currently plays in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. KB Peja has won 6 National Championships, 4 Kosovo Basketball Cu ...

. He was born in Bar Tivar in

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in an Albanian family. He is considered one of the best players that the

Kosovo Basketball Superleague The Kosovo Basketball Superleague ( Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ArtMotion Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 199 ...

ever had. He played in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in

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. He was a member of the

Kosovo national basketball team The Kosovo men's national basketball team ( sq, Kombëtarja e basketbollit të meshkujve të Kosovës, sr, Кошаркашкa репрезентација Косова, translit=Košarkaška reprezentacija Kosova) represents Kosovo in internat ...

, and former member of the

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. He won three times Kosovo Basketball Superleague trophy, first with

KB 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 IP Superl ...

in 2001–02, 2002-2003 and second with

in 2012–13 season. He also played in

KK Mornar Bar Košarkaški klub Mornar ( Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Морнар), commonly referred to as Mornar Barsko zlato for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Bar, Montenegro. The club competes in the Mon ...

team and also in Mabetex Prishtina for one season. He is considered a legend of basketball of Kosovo. In the end of 2014–15 season he declared retirement from basketball in Kosovo.

Professional career

2014-15 season

Shaptahoviç played for

team in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in

. in 2014–15 season, Shaptahoviç was one of the best of his team. In Kosovo Superleague he averaged with very impressive stats: 20.1 points, 8.1 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game in 27 games played. And in

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he averaged with 17.3 points, 5.4 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game in 14 games played."http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Samir_Shaptahovic/Kosovo/KB_Peja/36752"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaptahovic, Samir 1981 births Living people Albanian men's basketball players Bashkimi Prizren players KB Peja players KK Mornar Bar players Kosovan men's basketball players Kosovo Albanians People from Bar, Montenegro Albanians in Montenegro Point guards