Jurček signed first professional contract with Olimpija

18-year old Žiga Jurček has agreed to sign first professional agreement with Olimpija Ljubljana. The player and club have agreed on a 3-year cooperation.

Žiga Jurček, who has made a progress from the youth categories of Olimpija to the senior team has so far played for all Slovenia national team youth categories (U16 and U18). In December he averaged 9.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game at the U18 European Championship.

Žiga Jurček got a chance to play for the senior team of Olimpija at nine games this season and is at the same time the top scorer of the Dragons in the junior league of Slovenia, where he averages 22.4 points per game.

This season he appeared in two ABA League games so far and played five minutes in total.

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Jurček podpisal prvo profesionalno pogodbo z Olimpijo

Prvo profesionalno pogodbo z Olimpijo Ljubljana je podpisal 18-letni Žiga Jurček. Igralec in klub sta se dogovorila za 3-letno sodelovanje.

Žiga Jurček, ki se je prebil skozi mlade selekcije Olimpije, je do sedaj nastopil za vse mlajše reprezentance Slovenije (do 16 in 18 let). V decembru 2016 je na evropskem prvenstvu do 18 let v Turčiji v povprečju dosegal 9,2 točke in 3,6 skoka na tekmo.

Žiga Jurček je svojo priložnost v članski ekipi Uniona Olimpije v sezoni 2016/2017 dobil že na devetih tekmah, hkrati pa je prvi strelec Zmajev v mladinski ligi, kjer v povprečju dosega 22,4 točke na tekmo.

V letošnji sezoni lige ABA je nastopil na dveh tekmah in skupaj odigral 5 minut.