Luka Cerovina (Serbian Cyrillic: Лука Церовина; born April 8, 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Spartak Office Shoes of the Basketball League of Serbia.[1]
| Spartak Subotica | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball League of Serbia ABA League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | April 8, 2000 Kragujevac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2022: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Mega Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → OKK Beograd | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | SLUC Nancy Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Spartak Office Shoes | ||||||||||||||
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Early career edit
Cerovina started to play basketball for a youth system of his hometown team KK Polet. In 2016, he joined the youth system of Mega Basket from Belgrade. He won the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season for the Mega Bemax U19 team. Over six season games, he averaged 8.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.[2]
Professional career edit
Prior to the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLeague season, Cerovina was promoted to the Mega Bemax first team. On April 18, 2018, he made a debut and the first career start in a home win against Tamiš with ten points, five rebounds, and four assists.[3]
On June 23, 2023, he signed with SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A.[4]
National team career edit
Cerovina was a member of the Serbian under-18 team that won the gold medal at the 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Latvia. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 1.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.[5]
Cerovina was a member of the Serbian under-19 team that finished 7th at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Heraklion, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Luka Cerovina 34". bcmegabasket.net. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Luka Cerovina, Mega Bemax U19". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Utakmica: KK Mega Bemax 86 - 77 KK Tamiš". kls.rs. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Luka Cerovina arrive au SLUC". sluc-basket.fr (in French). June 23, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "Luka Cerovina 2018 FIBA Profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Average Statistics of Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 July 2019.