Petar Marić (born November 2, 1987) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Jazine of the Croatian second-tier Prva muška liga. Standing at 1.96 m, he plays at the shooting guard position.

Petar Marić
No. 5 – Jazine
PositionShooting guard
LeagueCroatian League
Personal information
Born (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 37)
Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2006Voštarnica
2006–2007Zagreb
2007–2008Vajda Čakovec
2008–2010Voštarnica
2010–2012Borik Puntamika
2012–2015Zabok
2015–2016Kvarner 2010
2016–2017Cibona
2017–2018Zabok
2018–2019Zadar
2019–2020Sonik-Puntamika
2020–2021Zabok
2021–2022Sonik-Puntamika
2022–presentJazine

Biography

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Marić played for the youth selections for his hometown club Zadar. He signed his first professional contract with another club from Zadar, Voštarnica. Since 2010 he plays in the Croatian top-tier A-1 Liga. He spent the longest period, altogether four seasons in two stints, in Zabok, a team he also captained.[1]

After a very good season in Kvarner 2010 in Summer 2016 he was signed by Croatian power-house Cibona where he spent one season.[2]

After spending another season in Zabok, in July 2018 he signed a one-year contract with Zadar.[3]

In September 2019, Marić renewed his contract with Zadar by one more year.[4] In December, 2019, his contract with Zadar was terminated and Marić moved back to Sonik-Puntamika.[5] Marić averaged 12.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game. On 1 October 2020, he rejoined Zabok.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Petar Marić potpisao na jednu sezonu za KK Zadar" (in Croatian). zadarskilist.hr. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Problemi s bubregom odvojili su ga od tenisa, a najesen će prvi put obući dres kluba iz rodnog grada" (in Croatian). basketball.hr. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Petar Marić potpisao jednogodišnji ugovor s KK Zadar" (in Croatian). sport023.hr. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Petar Marić ostaje u dresu Zadra" (in Croatian). 057info.hr. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Petar Marić i Zadar raskinuli ugovor, igrač ipak neće daleko" (in Croatian). sportnet.rtl.hr. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. ^ Zule, Zeljko (1 October 2020). "Zabok brings back Petar Maric". Eurobasket. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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