Vanja Marinković

Vanja Marinković
No. 9 – Partizan NIS Belgrade
Position Shooting guard
League Basketball League of Serbia
ABA League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1997-01-09) January 9, 1997
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–present Partizan
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Serbia
U17 World Championship
2014 UAE Team
U18 European Championship
2014 Turkey Team
U16 European Championship
2013 Ukraine Team

Vanja Marinković (Serbian: Вања Маринковић, born January 9, 1997) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Partizan Belgrade of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), he plays at the shooting guard position.

Early life

Marinković was born in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia. He comes from relatively-sports family; his father Zoran is football referee and cinematographer, while his mother Dragana and his six-year older brother both played basketball in youth. Marinković started playing basketball for Belgrade-based club Vračar where he played from 2006 until 2010. He then moved to Koledž where he stayed for one season.[1]

Club career

Partizan Belgrade

In the summer of 2011, he moved to play with Partizan's youth categories. He continued to play with the youth categories of the team for four seasons, with the exception of the last season in which he played occasionally, as he spent most of his time training with the senior team.

2013–14 season

In 2013–14 season, he started working with the senior team of Partizan, under head coach Duško Vujošević. He debuted for the team in the Serbian Cup game against FMP Belgrade.[1] However, although being capped for the games many times, he occasionally got the chance to play in the rest of the season. Partizan finished the season winning its 13th consecutive domestic league title, defeating archrivals Crvena zvezda by 3-1 in the final series; that would be the only title won over the season.[2] He also became a champion with Partizan's junior team by beating Crvena zvezda in the final game.[3]

2014–15 season

In 2014–15 season, he became a standard part of senior team's rotation. On November 8, he led his team with season-high 20 points in 65–50 win over MZT Skopje, showing great potential for the future.[4][5] Three days after turning 18, on January 12, 2015, he signed his first professional, four-year contract with Partizan.[6] Over the season, he appeared in 29 games of the ABA League, averaging 3.9 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. He also played in the Eurocup where Partizan was eliminated in the Group E.[7] On September 18, 2015, he appeared in the EuroBasket 2015 special event - FIBA European U-18 All-Star game, consisted of the 24 most talented European players born in 1997 or after.[8][9] He led his Team Black with 17 points and 4 assists in 82–87 loss to Team Red.[10]

2015–16 season

Starting with the 2015–16 season, after very turbulent summer for Partizan and many roster and organizational changes, Marinković was named the team captain.[11] However, his performances in the beginning of the season were below expectations.[12][13] He shortly responded to the criticism about his form with 14 points on 7 November in 86–77 win over, at the time, league leader Budućnost.[14]

International career

Marinković represented the Serbia men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship where they won the silver medal.[15] The following year he was part of the U17 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vanja Marinković - Partizanov junak koji voli Džordana i Čarlija Šina!". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ništa novo, Partizan je šampion!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Partizanu derbi i juniorska titula". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Partizan NIS vs. MZT Skopje Full Statistics". abaliga.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Marinković nosio Partizan do pobede". b92.net (in Serbian). 8 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Вања Маринковић потписао професионални уговор са црно-белима". zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Partizan se pobedom oprostio od Evrokupa". rtv.rs (in Serbian). Tanjug, Beta. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Бориша Симанић и Вања Маринковић на европском ол-стару". zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "FIBA EUROPEAN U18 ALL-STAR GAME PLAYERS ANNOUNCED". eurobasket2015.org. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "FUTURE EUROPEAN STARS SHINE IN LILLE". fibaeurope.com. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Novi Partizan, novi i kapiten!". sportske.net (in Serbian). Beta. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Gde je Vanja Marinković?" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "OD LIDERA DO KAPITENA NA KLUPI Šta se dešava sa Vanjom Marinkovićem?" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "To je pravi Partizan! Marinković i Džons "patosirali" lidera Jadrana (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 7 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "EP (U16): Kadeti Srbije osvojili srebrnu medalju". vesti-online.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Bronza za "orliće"!". rts.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 September 2014.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dragan Milosavljević		 Partizan Belgrade captain
2015–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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