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| Position | Point guard Shooting guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| League | Russian League Euroleague |
| Team | BC Khimki |
| Born | September 12, 1982 Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Draft | 22nd overall, 2003 New Jersey Nets |
| Pro career | 1999–present |
| Career history | Benston Zagreb (1999–2000) Cibona Zagreb (2000–03) New Jersey Nets (2003–06) TAU Cerámica (2006–08) PBC CSKA Moscow (2008–10) |
| Awards | 2001 Croatian League MVP |
Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is currently a member of the Euroleague club BC Khimki. He is also a member of the Croatian national basketball team.
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Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. As a junior, he played for the Croatian club Cibona Zagreb.[1]
In the 1999/2000 season, he started his professional career on loan to Benston Zagreb.[1]
He returned to Cibona Zagreb in 2000 and he was named the Croatian League MVP in 2001. He stayed with Cibona until 2003.
In the 2003 NBA Draft, the 6 ft 7 in[2] 210 lbs. point guard-shooting guard was drafted 22nd overall by the New Jersey Nets. In three NBA seasons he averaged 4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Planinić's three NBA seasons were not notable, with his only distinguishing moment coming in the 2005–06 season, when he hit a spectacular full court, 77-foot, 3rd quarter-ending buzzer beater at a November 9, 2005, home win against the Utah Jazz.[3]
In the summer of 2006, Planinić and the New Jersey Nets agreed to a buyout, in which he was sent back to Europe to spend the season with TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB League, a team that also featured talented NBA prospect Tiago Splitter. With TAU Cerámica, Planinić won the Spanish Supercup championship in both 2006 and 2007 and the Spanish Championship in 2008.
On June 25, 2008, Planinić signed a 2 year contract with the Russian Superleague A club CSKA Moscow.[4] On June 17, 2010, decided to sign a 2+1 contract with the Russian Superleague A club BC Khimki.[5]
Planinić was part of the Croatian junior national teams that won the bronze medal at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship and the silver medal at the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Championship.
Planinić was also a part of the senior Croatian national basketball teams at EuroBaskets 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.
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