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Damir Markota
Croatian-Swedish basketball player

Damir Markota

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Intro
Croatian-Swedish basketball player
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Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Age
39 years
Stats
Height:
208 cm
Weight:
102 kg
Sports Teams
Milwaukee Bucks
KK Union Olimpija
Bilbao Basket
Beşiktaş men's basketball team
BC Žalgiris
KK Zagreb
Menorca Bàsquet
KK Cibona
BC Kondrashin Belov
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Biography

Damir Markota (born December 26, 1985 as Damir Omerhodžić) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Mornar of the ABA League and the Montenegrin League. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays at the power forward position.

Professional career

Markota, born in Sarajevo (then SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), fled Bosnia during the war and settled in Sweden, where he began to practice basketball. He played together with Maciej Lampe in Stockholm, until moving to Croatia when he was fourteen, after being invited to play in the Croatian league. Markota signed with KK Cibona, but was loaned to Zabok and Karlovac Šanac until the end of 2002–03. Subsequently, he received Croatian citizenship (holding Swedish as well), declining an offer to play for the Swedish national basketball team.

Markota was an early candidate for the 2004 NBA Draft, but soon withdrew his name from consideration. He was later invited to the Croatian national team, and in 2005 he changed his last name from "Omerhodžić" to "Markota" (his mother's maiden name).

He was eventually chosen by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft, 59th overall, then immediately traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. During the summer of 2006, the Bucks signed Markota to a multi-year contract after the Spurs traded his draft rights for the higher of the Bucks’ two 2007 NBA draft second-round picks.

In February 2007, the Bucks assigned Markota to Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League, in order to further improve his play.

On September 7, Markota was waived by the Bucks, and signed with Russian team Spartak St. Petersburg on a two-year contract two days later. However, in early 2008, he switched to Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas.

On August 14, 2008, Markota was signed by Cibona, returning to the team he represented as a youngster but, after a series of unsatisfying performances upon recovering form knee injury, he was suspended for clashing with the coach.

On October 28, 2008 ViveMenorca, of the Spanish ACB, announced the signing of Markota. In January 2009, he joined Iurbentia Bilbao.

On September 1, 2010 he signed a one-year deal with Union Olimpija in Slovenia. In January 2012 he left Union Olimpija due to lack of payment and signed with KK Zagreb.

He signed a contract with Beşiktaş in August 2012. On September 27, 2013, he signed a three-month contract with Brose Baskets. On November 25, 2013, he signed with his former club Bilbao Basket until the end of the season.

In October 2014 Markota returns to Cibona for the third time signing a contact to last until the end of the season. On January 2, 2015 he parted ways with Cibona. The same day he signed with Turkish team İstanbul BB.

On June 17, 2017, Markota signed with Turkish club Uşak Sportif. On December 4, 2017, he parted ways with Uşak, and signed with Croatian club Cedevita.

In September 2018 Markota returned to Cibona for the third time in his career.

In July 2019 Markota signed with the Montenegrin Mornar.


National team career

Markota has also been a member of the senior men's Croatian national basketball team. With Croatia's senior national team, he played at the EuroBasket 2007, EuroBasket 2011, EuroBasket 2013 and the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2006–07Milwaukee3005.7.365.375.6361.0.2.1.01.7
Career3005.7.365.375.6361.0.2.1.01.7


Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
 RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
 BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game PIR Performance Index Rating
 Bold Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2001–02Cibona10.2.000.000.000.0.0.0.0.0.0
2003–04Cibona102.0.1000.000.0001.0.0.0.02.02.0
2004–05Cibona11813.3.435.238.5002.0.4.4.13.51.4
2005–06Cibona19020.1.610.323.6155.1.6.4.37.88.1
2007–08Žalgiris6013.2.462.200.10002.0.8.3.53.52.0
2010–11Union Olimpija151526.2.508.275.7244.51.9.7.18.58.8
2011–12Union Olimpija7526.0.769.143.7006.01.4.4.14.79.1
2012–13Beşiktaş241724.2.510.319.8245.11.4.7.28.710.2
2013–14Brose Baskets6316.3.500.214.0002.71.0.5.04.24.3
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