List of youngest EuroLeague players since the 2000–01 season
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This is a list of youngest EuroLeague players since the EuroLeague 2000–01 season, when the competition started to be organized by Euroleague Basketball. The EuroLeague is the European-wide top-tier level men's professional basketball club competition for eligible European basketball clubs. The list does not count any young players from the 1958 season to the 1999–00 season, when the EuroLeague competition was run by FIBA Europe.
Key
[edit]Position | PG | SG | SF | PF | C |
Position | Point guard | Shooting guard | Small forward | Power forward | Center |
Youngest players since the 2000–01 season
[edit]Rank | Player | Country | Position | Birth Date | First Game | Age | Team Played | Ref. |
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Fedor Žugić | Montenegro | September 18, 2003 | February 22, 2019 | 15 years, 157 days | Budućnost VOLI | [1] | |
2
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Srđan Živković | Yugoslavia | March 14, 1986 | October 2, 2001 | 15 years, 202 days | Partizan | [2] | |
3
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Aleksandar Ugrinoski | Macedonia | May 7, 1988 | January 28, 2004 | 15 years, 266 days | Cibona VIP | [3] | |
4
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Neoklis Avdalas | Greece | February 4, 2006 | December 10, 2021 | 15 years, 309 days | Panathinaikos | [4] | |
5
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Can Mutaf | Turkey | January 9, 1991 | November 23, 2006 | 15 years, 318 days | Fenerbahçe Ülker | [3] | |
6
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Manu Markoishvili | Georgia | November 17, 1986 | October 10, 2002 | 15 years, 327 days | Benetton Treviso | [3] | |
7
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Gino Cuccarolo | Italy | November 26, 1987 | November 26, 2003 | 16 years, 0 days | Benetton Treviso | [3] | |
8
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Ricky Rubio | Spain | October 21, 1990 | October 24, 2006 | 16 years, 3 days | DKV Joventut | [3] | |
9
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Uroš Tripković | Serbia and Montenegro | September 11, 1986 | October 9, 2002 | 16 years, 28 days | Partizan Mobtel | [3] | |
10
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Damir Markota | Croatia | December 26, 1985 | February 6, 2002 | 16 years, 42 days | Cibona VIP | [3] | |
11
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Vedran Pušić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | December 22, 1986 | February 12, 2003 | 16 years, 52 days | Cibona VIP | [2] | |
12
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Ioannis Karamalegkos | Greece | September 19, 1994 | November 11, 2010 | 16 years, 53 days | Panathinaikos Athens | [3] | |
13
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Džanan Musa | Bosnia and Herzegovina | May 8, 1999 | October 15, 2015 | 16 years, 160 days | Cedevita Zagreb | [3] | |
14
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Enes Kanter | Turkey | May 20, 1992 | October 30, 2008 | 16 years, 163 days | Fenerbahçe Ülker | [3] | |
15
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Marco Belinelli | Italy | March 25, 1986 | October 17, 2002 | 16 years, 206 days | Virtus Bologna | [5] | |
16
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Luka Dončić | Slovenia | February 28, 1999 | October 16, 2015 | 16 years, 229 days | Real Madrid | [5] | |
17
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Nikola Topić | Serbia | August 10, 2005 | April 1, 2022 | 16 years, 234 days | Crvena zvezda mts | ||
18
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Michalis Lountzis | Greece | August 4, 1998 | April 14, 2015 | 16 years, 253 days | Panathinaikos Athens | [6] | |
19
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Ömer Yurtseven | Turkey | June 19, 1998 | March 20, 2015 | 16 years, 274 days | Fenerbahçe Ülker | [5] | |
20
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Kostas Vasileiadis | Greece | March 15, 1984 | December 20, 2000 | 16 years, 280 days | PAOK | [5] | |
21
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Dino Radončić | Montenegro | January 8, 1999 | October 22, 2015 | 16 years, 287 days | Real Madrid | [7] | |
22
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Vassilis Charalampopoulos | Greece | January 6, 1997 | December 13, 2013 | 16 years, 341 days | Panathinaikos Athens | [5] | |
23
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Luigi Datome | Italy | November 27, 1987 | November 3, 2004 | 16 years, 342 days | Montepaschi Siena | [5] | |
24
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Maciej Lampe | Poland | February 5, 1985 | January 31, 2002 | 16 years, 360 days | Real Madrid | [5] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Buducnost's Zugic became youngest EuroLeague player ever!". euroleague.net. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "The youngest EuroLeague debuts this century". eurohoops.net. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Euroleague's stars of the future!". eurohoops.net. 27 October 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ^ "Neoklis Avdalas becomes the youngest scorer in EuroLeague history". euroleague.net. 10 December 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cedevita's U16 hero Musa makes his mark in Euroleague with historic debut". heinnews.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ 2014-15 Playoffs CSKA MOSCOW 93 PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS 66
- ^ 2015-16 Regular Season Round 2 REAL MADRID 98 CRVENA ZVEZDA 71 OCTOBER 22, 2015.