Vanja Marinković in Valencia

Tuesday, 23. July 2019 at 14:06

The son of the black and white family will continue his career abroad. His next generation is Valencia, with which he will be playing in the EuroLeague.

Vanja Marinkovic (Photo: Partizan NIS)

The youngest captain in the history of Partizan NIS is the new Valencia player. After five seasons spent with the first squad of Partizan NIS, the 22-year old guy from Čubura will not continue to wear the black and white jersey, since he will continue his career at Spanish EuroLeague side and reigning champions of the 7Days EuroCup for the 2018/19 season.

Vanja Marinković has early joined Partizan NIS. In 2013/14 season, he has played his first minutes in the Partizan NIS senior team in the Radivoj Korać Cup. In the 2014/15 season, Duško Vujošević included him into senior squad, for which he played until the end of the 2018/19 season.

Ahead of the 2015/16 season, Vanja Marinković became the youngest captain in the history of Partizan NIS, with his 17 years and 9 months of age. Vanja had this role until the ned of the season, when Novica Veličković returned to the club and took over the role of the captain.

In his last season in Belgrade, Vanja was the top scorer of his team in the 7Days EuroCup with a big role in ABA League.

This summer, Marinković was selected at the NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings. Now he movest to Valencia to play in the EuroLeague and ACB League.

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Vanja Marinković u Valensiji

Crno-beli sin nastavlja karijeru u inostranstvu. Njegova sledeća destinacija je Valensija, sa kojom će igrati u Evroligi.

Najmlađi kapiten u istoriji Partizana, Vanja Marinković, novi je košarkaš Valensije. Nakon punih pet sezona provedenih u prvom timu Partizana NIS, dvadesetdvogodišnji momak sa Čubure više neće nositi crno-beli dres, već će svoj razvoj nastaviti u španskom Evroligašu i osvajaču 7Days Evrokupa za sezonu 2018/19.

Vanja Marinković, rođen 9. januara 1997. godine, stigao je u redove crno-belih još kao pionir. Već u sezoni 2013/14, kao šesnaestogodišnjak, Vanja je tokom Kupa "Radivoj Korać" odigrao svoje prve minute u prvom timu Partizana. Od sezone, 2014/15, trener Duško Vujošević ga u potpunosti priključuje prvom timu u kojem je igrao sve do kraja sezone 2018/19.

Pred početak sezone 2015/16, Vanja Marinković je sa 17 godina i 9 meseci postao najmlađi kapiten u istoriji KK Partizan. Tu funkciju, Vanja je obavljao do kraja sezone, da bi je po povratku Novice Veličkovića u redove Parnog valjka, ulogu kapitena prepustio iskusnijem saigraču.

U svojoj poslednjoj sezoni, Vanja je bio prvi strelac tima u 7Days Evrokupu, uz veoma zapaženu ulogu u ABA ligi.

Ovog leta, Marinković je na NBA draftu izabran od strane Sakramento Kingsa. Ipak, svoju karijeu, Vanja će nastaviti da razvija igrajući Evroligu i ACB ligu u dresu Valensije.

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