Dejan Borovnjak
No. 10 – Antalya Güneşi | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward / center | ||||||||||||||
League | Turkish Basketball First League | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | April 1, 1986||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2008: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2004–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Vojvodina Srbijagas | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Lietuvos rytas | ||||||||||||||
2010 | →Panionios | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Aris | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | New Basket Brindisi | ||||||||||||||
2012 | K.A.O.D. | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Stelmet Zielona Góra | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Royal Halı Gaziantep | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Stelmet Zielona Góra | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Bursaspor | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | CSO Voluntari | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Zlatibor | ||||||||||||||
2021–present | Antalya | ||||||||||||||
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Dejan Borovnjak (born April 1, 1986) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Antalya Güneşi of the Turkish Basketball First League.
Professional career
[edit]Borovnjak began his professional career in 2004 with Partizan Belgrade. In the summer of 2008, he moved to Vojvodina Srbijagas.[1] In May 2009, he parted ways with Vojvodina.[2]
On May 28, 2009, he signed with Lietuvos rytas of Lithuania.[3] In January 2010, he was loaned to the Greek team Panionios for the rest of the season.[4] On July 20, 2010, he signed a one-year deal with another Greek team Aris.[5] In March 2011, he moved to Spain and signed with CB Gran Canaria for the remainder of the season.[6]
On July 28, 2011, he signed a one-year deal with New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Legadue Basket.[7] He was one of the key players for Brindisi to reach the promotion in Serie A. In July 2012, he extended his contract with Brindisi for one more season.[8] In August 2012, club decided to release him, because he underwent surgery and won't be able to play for several weeks.[9]
On November 21, 2012, he signed a one-month deal with K.A.O.D. of Greece.[10] On December 26, 2012, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of Poland for the rest of the season.[11] With them he won the Polish Basketball League in the 2012–13 season. That was the first championship in the history of Zielona Góra.
On June 13, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Royal Halı Gaziantep of the Turkish Basketball League.[12]
On July 16, 2014, he signed with Triumph Lyubertsy of Russia.[13] After the deal the team moved to Saint Petersburg, so Borovnjak became a Zenit player. On July 22, 2015, he parted ways with Zenit.[14]
On August 13, 2015, he returned to Stelmet Zielona Góra for the 2015–16 season.[15]
On July 2, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Turkish club Bursaspor.[16] On June 16, 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension with Bursaspor.[17]
On September 5, 2019, he has signed with CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Borovnjak u Vojvodini, tim sve jači (in Serbian)
- ^ Borovnjak and Vojdovina part ways
- ^ L. Rytas tabs big man Borovnjak
- ^ Borovnjak loaned to Panionios
- ^ Busy Aris BSA 2003 tabs Borovnjak
- ^ Gran Canaria tabs Dejan Borovnjak
- ^ Enel Brindisi lands Dejan Borovnjak
- ^ Enel Brindisi keeps Dejan Borovnjak
- ^ Enel Brindisi and Dejan Borovnjak part ways
- ^ KAOD signs Dejan Borovnjak to a one-month deal
- ^ STELMET ZIELONA GORA adds Borovnjak
- ^ Royal Hali Gaziantep signs Dejan Borovnjak
- ^ Dejan Borovnjak signs a deal with BC Triumph Lyubersty
- ^ Hodge, Stephens, Jones and five other leave Zenit St. Petersburg
- ^ Dejan Borovnjak returns to Stelmet Zielona Gora
- ^ Bursaspor lands Dejan Borovnjak and Karlo Vragovic
- ^ Dejan Borovnjak signs two-year extension with Bursaspor
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (September 5, 2019). "Dejan Borovnjak signs with CSO Voluntari Bucarest". Sportando. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1986 births
- Living people
- Serbs of Croatia
- ABA League players
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- Zastal Zielona Góra players
- BC Rytas players
- Bursaspor Basketbol players
- CB Gran Canaria players
- CSO Voluntari players
- Gaziantep Basketbol players
- K.A.O.D. B.C. players
- KK Partizan players
- KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players
- KK Zlatibor players
- Liga ACB players
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- New Basket Brindisi players
- Panionios B.C. players
- Power forwards
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Knin
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Serbia
- Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade