 Lončar in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Manager of sport & scouting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Bundesliga | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 12, 1983 Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10.75 in (2.10 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 251 lb (114 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2005: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1999–2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999–2000 | KK Split | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | DJK s.Oliver Würzburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Benetton Treviso | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Teramo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Kyiv | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Lokomotiv Rostov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | UNICS Kazan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Khimki | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Alba Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | s.Oliver Würzburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Krešimir Lončar (born February 12, 1983) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, currently working as manager of sport & scouting for s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at 2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in), he played both the power forward and center positions.
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Play of the Game: Loncar beats the buzzer with the tap-in for the win!
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Eurocup Finals, Post-game interview: Kresimir Loncar, BC Khimki
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Marko POPOVIC & Kresimir LONCAR post-game interview
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Llegada de Kresimir Loncar
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Pam al Abona´t al Carrer con Kresimir Loncar
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Professional career
In July 2008, Lončar signed a two-year contract with UNICS Kazan.[1] With UNICS he won the Russian Cup in 2009 and was also named the MVP.[2] UNICS Kazan ended up third in the 2009–10 Russian Superleague season.
In June 2010, he signed a two-year-deal with BC Khimki.[3] In his first season with BC Khimki he was selected to play the All Star Game 2011.[4] In April 2011, BC Khimki won the championship of VTB United League and Krešimir was voted the best power forward of the tournament.[5] In June 2012, he extended his contract with Khimki for two more seasons.[6]
On 2 July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Valencia Basket.[7] He left Valencia after one season.[8]
On October 1, 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the German team Alba Berlin.[9]
On June 29, 2016, Lončar signed a two-year deal with s.Oliver Baskets.[10]
On June 28, 2020, Lončar announced that he will continue to work with s.Oliver Würzburg, as director of sports & scouting personnel.[11]
Croatian national team
Lončar was also a member of the Croatian national basketball team. With them he played at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the Eurobasket 2009 in Poland.
Both at the Olympics and the Eurobasket Croatia ended up sixth. Therefore, they are directly qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey where Lončar was also part of the Croatian national team.
Video gallery
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Words in his presentation as a Valencia Basket player.
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Lončar descrives himself as a player.
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Lončar alanyses the team for the 2014/15 season.
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Lončar explains how he decided to join Valencia.
References
- ^ "Unics inks center Kresimir Loncar". Eurocupbasketball.com. 27 July 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Unics beat Dynamo for Russian Cup trophy". Sportando.com. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Kresimir Loncar and Alexey Savrasenko are BC Khimki players". bckhimki.ru. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Four BC Khimki players will take part in All-Star BEKO PBL Game". bckhimki.ru. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ ""Khimki" – is the Champion of VTB United League!". vtb-league.com. 24 April 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Khimki extends Monya, Loncar and Planinic". Sportando.com. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Valencia adds veteran big man Loncar". Euroleague.net. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Valencia parts ways with Kresimir Loncar and Pablo Aguilar". Sportando.com. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Kroatischer Big Man Kresimir Loncar komplettiert ALBA-Kader". albaberlin.de (in German). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Nach 14 Jahren: Kresimir Loncar kommt nach Hause". soliver-baskets.de (in German). 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Was Kresimir Loncar bei den Baskets vorhat". 28 June 2019.
External links
- Krešimir Lončar at acb.com
- Krešimir Lončar at eurobasket.com
- Krešimir Lončar at euroleague.net
- Krešimir Lončar at fiba.com
This page was last edited on 15 March 2024, at 20:27