Stefan Marković ( sr-cyr, Стефан Марковић; born 25 April 1988) is a Serbian former professional

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player. He also represented the

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internationally. He is a tall

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Professional career

Marković began his professional career with

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. From 2006 to 2010 he was member of Hemofarm. Season 2010–11 he spent in Italy playing with Benetton Treviso. In June 2011 he signed a two-years plus an option for a third one contract with

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in Spain. In July 2013, negotiations for a new contract fell apart and he became a free agent. In October 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Banvit. On 27 June 2014, Marković signed a two-year deal with Unicaja. On 13 August 2016, Marković signed a one-year deal with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 23 June 2017, Marković signed a two-year deal with Russian club

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. In 2018–19 season, he averaged 6.1 points, 4.4 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 23.3 minutes of action in the

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and 6.3 points, 5.0 assists, 3.2 rebounds in

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. On 18 July 2019, Khimki parted ways with Marković. On 2 August 2019, Marković signed a contract with the Italian team

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. After having knocked out 3–0 both Basket Treviso in the quarterfinals and

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in the semifinals, on 11 June 2021 Virtus defeated 4–0 its historic rival Olimpia Milan in the national finals, winning its 16th national title and the first one after twenty years. On 8 November 2021, Marković returned to Serbia, signing with

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of the

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. The club won the

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, the

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, and the

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during the 2021–2022 season. On 23 June 2023, he announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Serbian national team

Marković played with the senior Serbian national basketball team at the

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, where he won the silver medal. He has been a member of the Serbian national team at the

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where Serbia was defeated by Lithuania in the game for the bronze medal. He was capped once more for the national team of Serbia at the

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in Lithuania where Serbia finished 8th. Marković represented the national basketball at the

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. He was also a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the

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under new head coach Aleksandar Đorđević. He also represented Serbia at the

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. In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest

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with 5-0 record, and then eliminated

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and

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in the round of 16 and quarterfinal game, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by

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with 67–64, and eventually lost to the host team

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in the bronze-medal game with 81–68. Over 9 tournament games, Marković averaged 5.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game on 39.1% shooting from the field. Marković also represented Serbia at the

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where they won the silver medal, after losing to the

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in the final game with 96–66. After the tournament, Marković announced his retirement from the national team.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, Unicaja , 21 , , 16 , , 18.9 , , .341 , , .279 , , .667 , , 2.4 , , 3.4 , , .7 , , .0 , , 4.0 , , 5.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , 10 , , 6 , , 22.3 , , .314 , , .208 , , .818 , , 2.1 , , 4.9 , , .5 , , .0 , , 3.6 , , 7.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2,

, 33 , , 11 , , 23.7 , , .317 , , .266 , , .841 , , 2.3 , , 3.8 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 5.0 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 27 , , 0 , , 23.8 , , .388 , , .349 , , .750 , , 2.1 , , 4.4 , , .8 , , .0 , , 6.1 , , 7.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 , Career , 91 , , 33 , , 22.5 , , .345 , , .291 , , .773 , , 2.3 , , 4.0 , , .9 , , .0 , , 4.9 , , 6.9

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