Roberto Kovac
| Lions de Genève | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 May 1990 Mendrisio, Switzerland |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2011 | SAV Vacallo Basket |
| 2011–2016 | Fribourg Olympic |
| 2016–2019 | Lions de Genève |
| 2019 | KK Cibona |
| 2019–2020 | ÍR |
| 2020–2021 | Lions de Genève |
| 2021-2023 | Spinelli Massagno |
Roberto Kovac, (born 2 May 1990) is a Swiss professional basketball player. He has been a member of the Swiss national basketball team and participated at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification.[1]
Club career
[edit]In August 2019, Kovac signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR.[2] On 29 August it was reported that Kovac had signed a contract with Croatian club KK Cibona even though he was still under contract for the season with ÍR.[3] In September, Cibona bought up Kovac's contract við ÍR.[4] In December 2019, Kovac left Cibona and signed back with ÍR.[5] He appeared in 10 games for Cibona in the A-1 Liga, averaging 6.4 points and 1.6 rebounds. He also appeared in 9 Liga ABA games for Cibona where he averaged 2.8 points in only 8.9 minutes per game.
National team career
[edit]On 21 August 2019, Kovac scored 29 points for Switzerland as it beat Iceland in the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification to advance to the main qualification stage.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Kovac | EuroBasket 2015, eurobasket2015.org, accessed 19 Nov 2015.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (20 August 2019). "Lék á móti íslenska landsliðinu í Höllinni á dögunum og verður með ÍR í vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 August 2019). "Skaut íslenska landsliðið á kaf en vill ekki lengur spila með ÍR-ingum í vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (10 September 2019). "Cibona keypti Kovac af ÍR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (20 December 2019). "Svisslendingurinn loks á leið í Breiðholtið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (21 August 2019). "ÍR-ingar eiga gott í vændum ef nýi leikmaðurinn spilar eins og gegn Íslandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Career statistics at proballers.com