Sven Smajlagić (born 5 June 1990) is a Croatian professional basketball player for

Cibona Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball sports club, club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketba ...

in the Croatian League and the

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. He has played also professionally in Lithuania, France, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Slovenia. In

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he played in the

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with

Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and compete ...

National team

Smajlagić has played for the Croatia's Under-16 and Under-18 national team.

Personal life

Smajlagić is the son of former

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player

Irfan Smajlagić Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and the current coach of Borac Banja Luka. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia. In ...

who won the gold medal at the

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with

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* 1990 births Living people Croatian men's basketball players Croatian people of Bosniak descent Croatian expatriate basketball people in France ALM Évreux Basket players BC Nevėžis players BK Iskra Svit players KK Bosna Royal players KK Cedevita Junior players KK Cibona players KK Zabok players Psychiko B.C. players Shooting guards Basketball players from Zagreb Basket Mestre 1958 players KK Zagreb players Croatian expatriate basketball people in Italy Croatian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia Croatian expatriate basketball people in Greece Croatian expatriate basketball people in Slovakia 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-basketball-bio-stub