Emir Sulejmanović

Emir Sulejmanović
Cafés Candelas Breogán
Position Power forward
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born (1995-07-13) July 13, 1995
Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality Finnish / Bosnian
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2017 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2011–2013 Union Olimpija
2011–2012 → Union Olimpija mladi
2013–2016 FC Barcelona
2013–2016 →FC Barcelona B
2015 →Orlandina Basket
2016–2017 Cibona
2017–present Fuenlabrada
2017–present →Breogán
Career highlights and awards

Emir Sulejmanović (born July 13, 1995) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Cafés Candelas Breogán of the Liga ACB on loan from Montakit Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB.

Professional career

Club career

Sulejmanović was born in Žepa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but migrated with his family to Jyväskylä, Finland in 1997. The family finally settled in Kaarina in 2000, where Sulejmanović grew up playing junior basketball for the Kaarina Ura team.[1] In 2011 he transferred to the junior academy of KK Union Olimpija, signing a four-year contract as he made the full squad one year later.[2] He participated in the EuroLeague for the first time against Real Madrid Baloncesto in December 2012.[3]

In July 2013, Sulejmanović moved to FC Barcelona Bàsquet.[4] During the next two years he mostly played with the FC Barcelona B reserve squad.[5] In April 2015, he was loaned to Italian team Orlandina Basket for the rest of the season.[6]

On August 4, 2016, Sulejmanović signed with Croatian club Cibona.[7]

On August 14, 2017, Sulejmanović signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Fuenlabrada.[8] On October 11, 2017, he was loaned to Cafés Candelas Breogán of the LEB Oro.[9] On July 18, 2018, he was loaned to Cafés Candelas Breogán of the Liga ACB.[10]

International career

Sulejmanović has played for the Finnish U-16[11] and U-20 junior national teams in the past. He has however announced that he will represent Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team in future senior international tournaments[12]

Personal life

Emir was born on 13 July 1995 in the forests around Srebrenica during the Srebrenica massacre, his family at the time like thousands other Bosniaks were escaping from Srebrenica due the offensive of the Bosnian Serb Army on that area.

References

  1. ↑ Koripallolupaus Sulejmanovic hylännee Suomen maajoukkueen
  2. ↑ Union Olimpija promotes Sulejmanovic
  3. ↑ SULEJMANOVIC, EMIR 2012–13 STATISTICS
  4. ↑ Barcelona confirms the agreement with Ljubjana for Sulejmanovic
  5. ↑ Emir Sulejmanovic-Eurobasket.com
  6. ↑ Capo d'Orlando signs Emir Sulejmanovic on loan from Barcelona
  7. ↑ KK Cibona signs Emir Sulejmanovic, re-signs Nebojsa Joksimovic
  8. ↑ Fuenlabrada signs Emir Sulejmanovic
  9. ↑ Emir Sulejmanovic jugará cedido esta temporada en el Cafés Candelas de LEB Oro (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ "ACB.COM - Emir Sulejmanovic, una temporada más en Cafés Candelas". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Emir Sulejmanovic (Finland)-fibaeurope
  12. ↑ Kaarina-lehti: Raha ratkaisi - huippulupaus ei valinnut Suomea
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