Steven Marković (born 14 March 1985) is an Australian former professional

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player.

Early life

Marković was born in the Sydney suburb of

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to a Serbian father and an Italian mother.

Professional career

Marković was a development player with the West Sydney Razorbacks of the National Basketball League in 2002–03 and played in a total of five games. In 2003, he signed a full contract with the Razorbacks, going on to win the 2004 NBL Rookie of the Year award. In October 2005, he moved to

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, spending the next three seasons with

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. In July 2008, Marković signed with Benetton Treviso of Italy for the 2008–09 season, before being loaned back to Crvena zvezda in February 2009. After missing the entire 2009–10 season due to injury, Marković signed with Radnički Kragujevac in September 2010. In early May 2013, Marković was released by Radnički after three seasons following altercations with team management. On 31 May 2013, Marković signed a two-year deal with the

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. On 30 June 2015, Marković signed with the

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for the 2015–16 NBL season. On 6 January 2016, he was ruled out for the rest of the season with an illness.MCDAVID R14 RECOVERY REPORT
/ref> He managed just seven games for the Kings, with his final game coming on 19 November.

National team career

Marković played for

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at the

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References

External links

Sydney Kings profile

Eurocupbasketball.com profile

Legabasket.it profile

NBL stats
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Early life

Professional career

National team career

See also

References

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