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Toni Prostran

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Toni Prostran
Career End
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1991-04-09) April 9, 1991 (age 33)
Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight179 lb (81 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2007–2023
Career history
As player:
2007–2010Zadar
2010–2012Zagreb
2012–2014Zadar
2014–2015Norrköping Dolphins
2015–2016LF Norrbotten / BC Luleå
2016–2017Nevėžis Kėdainiai
2017Kolossos Rodou
2018Jämtland Basket
2018–2019Porto
2019–2020Saint-Vallier Basket Drôme
2020–2023Iserlohn Kangaroos
As coach:
2023–2024Iserlohn Kangaroos (assistant)
2024–presentIserlohn Kangaroos
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Croatia
World U-19 Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2009 New Zealand U-19 Team
European U-18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Greece U-18 Team

Toni Prostran (born April 9, 1991) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and retired player. Standing at 1.83 m, he played at the point guard position.

Professional career

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After passing through the KK Zadar youth squads, Prostran made his debut for the senior team in December 2007.[1] Not satisfied with the opportunities he got at Zadar, he moved to KK Zagreb, in January 2010.[2] Expecting to move his career to another level, Prostran was disappointed at his new club, and he choose to break up his contract, and move back to KK Zadar, in the summer of 2012.[3] After a more successful 2012–13 season (3.7 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game in the Adriatic league), in the summer of 2013, he renewed his contract with KK Zadar.[4]

In June 2014, Prostran agreed to a one-year deal with the Swedish league finalists Norrköping Dolphins.[5] He averaged 16.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 6.5 assists per game, and he was selected to the eurobasket.com website's All Swedish league first team, and was also named the league's best Bosman player of the year by eurobasket.com. In the summer of 2015, he moved to another Swedish club, LF Basket Norrbotten.[6] He averaged 15.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 7.7 assists per game (the most assists per game in the league), and he was once again named by the website eurobasket.com, to the All Swedish League first team, and as the league's best Bosman player of the year.

In October 2020, Prostran moved to Iserlohn Kangaroos playing in the third-tier German Pro-B league. He also took the position of the club's U16 team coach.[7] Prostran retired in February 2023 and was named assistant coach for the Iserlohn team.[8] On February 1st, 2024, he was promoted to the head coach position.[9]

National team career

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Prostran played with the Croatian junior national teams. His very successful youth career started at the 2007 European U-16 Championship, where he took the title of top scorer, and was chosen to the All-tournament team. In 2008, he was a part of the Croatian team that won the bronze medal at the European U-18 Championship. His second bronze medal came a year later, at the 2009 World U-19 Cup. Prostran was selected to the All-Tournament Team, as he also was a few weeks later at the 2009 European U-18 Championship, where he took the top scorer and assists titles as well.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Toni Prostran profile" (in Croatian). KK Zadar. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  2. ^ "Prostran potpisuje za KK Zagreb". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  3. ^ "Toni Prostran raskinuo ugovor sa Zagrebom i traži novi klub". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  4. ^ "I Toni Prostran potpisao". zdnews.hr (in Croatian). 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  5. ^ "Prostran moves to Sweden". abaliga.com. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  6. ^ "Toni Prostran prešao u Luleu". zadarskilist.hr (in Croatian). 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  7. ^ "Toni Prostran u Njemačkoj postaje trener - igrač". sport023.hr (in Croatian). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Das Karriereende und der Beginn einer neuen Zeitrechnung: Toni Prostran tauscht Sneaker gegen Taktikboard und Platz an der Seitenlinie!". Iserlohn Kangaroos (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  9. ^ "Iserlohn Kangaroos trennen sich von Headcoach Shirvan". Iserlohn Kangaroos (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  10. ^ "Toni Prostran profile". euroleague.net. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
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