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Roberto Kovac

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Roberto Kovac
No. 24 – Fribourg Olympic
PositionShooting guard
LeagueSwiss Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 34)
Mendrisio, Switzerland
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2011SAV Vacallo Basket
2011–2016Fribourg Olympic
2016–2019Lions de Genève
2019KK Cibona
2019–2020ÍR
2020–2021Lions de Genève
2021–2023Spinelli Massagno
2023–presentFribourg Olympic

Roberto Kovac, (born 2 May 1990) is a Swiss professional basketball player for Fribourg Olympic of the Swiss Basketball League. He has been a member of the Swiss national basketball team and participated at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification.[1]

Club career

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In August 2019, Kovac signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR.[2] On 29 August it was reported that Kovac had signed a contract with Croatian club KK Cibona even though he was still under contract for the season with ÍR.[3] In September, Cibona bought up Kovac's contract við ÍR.[4] In December 2019, Kovac left Cibona and signed back with ÍR.[5] He appeared in 10 games for Cibona in the A-1 Liga, averaging 6.4 points and 1.6 rebounds. He also appeared in 9 Liga ABA games for Cibona where he averaged 2.8 points in only 8.9 minutes per game.

National team career

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On 21 August 2019, Kovac scored 29 points for Switzerland as it beat Iceland in the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification to advance to the main qualification stage.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Roberto Kovac | EuroBasket 2015, eurobasket2015.org, accessed 19 Nov 2015.
  2. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (20 August 2019). "Lék á móti íslenska landsliðinu í Höllinni á dögunum og verður með ÍR í vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 August 2019). "Skaut íslenska landsliðið á kaf en vill ekki lengur spila með ÍR-ingum í vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (10 September 2019). "Cibona keypti Kovac af ÍR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (20 December 2019). "Svisslendingurinn loks á leið í Breiðholtið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (21 August 2019). "ÍR-ingar eiga gott í vændum ef nýi leikmaðurinn spilar eins og gegn Íslandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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