Marcus Eriksson (basketball)

Marcus Per Eriksson (born 5 December 1993)[1] is a Swedish professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga.

Marcus Eriksson
No. 8 – Alba Berlin
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993
Uppsala, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2011Manresa
2011–2017FC Barcelona Lassa
2011–2013→Barcelona B
2013–2014→Manresa
2017–2019Gran Canaria
2019–presentAlba Berlin
Career highlights and awards

Early career

A native of Uppsala, Sweden, Eriksson left his country in 2010, to further his career at Bàsquet Manresa, in Spain. As a member of Manresa's youth team, he became the MVP of the L’Hospitalet's Junior Tournament in 2010, at the age of 16.[2]

Professional career

Europe

Eriksson made his professional debut in Spain's top-flight league, the ACB, with Manresa's senior men's team during the 2010–11 season. In 2011, he was signed by Spanish club FC Barcelona ("Barça"), and in his first years with Barcelona, he mainly played for their developmental farm team, FC Barcelona B. He returned to Manresa for the 2013–14 campaign, joining them on loan from Barcelona, before later heading back to Barça.

Eriksson missed the 2014–15 season, because of a torn ACL and torn meniscus.[3]

NBA draft right

On 25 June 2015 Eriksson was selected with the 50th pick of the 2015 NBA draft, by the Atlanta Hawks.[4]

National team

Eriksson was involved with the Swedish junior national teams for a number of years. With Sweden's junior national teams, he played at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (Division B), the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[5] In 2012, he had his first cap with the senior Swedish national basketball team.

Career statistics

Domestic leagues
Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11Assignia ManresaLiga ACB41.2.000.000.000.3.0.0.0.0
2011-12FC Barcelona0.0.000.000.000.0.0.0.0.0
2012-132.1.000.000.000.0.0.0.0.0
2013-14Assignia Manresa3323.9.460.375.9411.8.8.4.211.2
2014-15FC Barcelona14.7.000.000.000.0.0.0.0.0
2015-16249.3.591.340.5561.1.4.4.03.4

References
  1. "NBADraft.net profile". NBADraft.net. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  2. "Debutó en Manresa el sexto jugador más joven de la historia ACB: Eriksson, con 16 años". TuBasket.com. October 4, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. "FC Barcelona's Markus Eriksson suffers ACL and meniscus tear". Sportando.com. October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. "Hawks Draft Pair Of International Prospects In Second Round". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  5. Marcus Per ERIKSSON (SWE).


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