Dejan Borovnjak (born April 1, 1986) is a Serbian former professional basketball player.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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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 | 2004–2022 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward / center | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Antalya | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career
editBorovnjak 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.