Marko Simonović signs a 2-year contract with Crvena zvezda mts
Two-time ABA League champion Marko Simonović is back in Belgrade!
Marko Simonovic (Photo: Mega Leks/Ivica Veselinov)
Two-time ABA League champion Marko Simonović has returned to Crvena zvezda mts! This Monday evening he signed a 2-year contract with the red & whites.
Simonović is therefore in front of his 3rd journey with Crverna zvezda mts as he has already played for this team from 2012 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2017. This 34-year old forward has won 7 trophies with the Belgrade powerhouse, including 2 ABA League titles (2016 & 2017), 2 Serbian Championships (2016 & 2017) and 3 Serbian National Cups (2013, 2014 & 2017).
After leaving Crvena zvezda mts in 2017, Marko Simonović spent two years in Zenit Saint Petersburg, while he then returned to ABA League to join Cedevita Olimpija for the 2019/20 season. He averaged 10.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game last season in the ABA League. Simonović left Cedevita Olimpija after 2019/20 ABA League Round 19 to join Spanish Unicaja Malaga where he finished the previous season.
Crvena zvezda mts have so far completed 5 transfers this summer. The red & whites have penned deals with Landry Nnoko (Alba Berlin), Jordan Loyd (Valencia Basket), Corey Walden (Partizan NIS), Langston Hall (Promitheas Patras) and Marko Simonović (Unicaja Malaga).
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Marko Simonović ponovo na mestu uspeha
Srpski reprezentativac i bivši kapiten Crvene zvezde, Marko Simonović, vraća se na Mali Kalemegdan!
Iskusni 34-godišnji igrač koji podjednako dobro može da “pokrije” pozicije krila i krilnog centra, potpisao je u ponedeljak dvogodišnji ugovor sa crveno-belima.
Simonović (rođen 30.05.1986.godine u Prištini, visok 203 centimetara) će svojim ogromnim iskustvom, kvalitetom i borbenošću, mnogo značiti timu Crvene zvezde koji će se u narednoj sezoni ponovo boriti u 4 takmičenja (Evroligi, ABA ligi, domaćem kupu i prvenstvu).
Marko Simonović se tako vraća na mesto svojih najvećih klupskih uspeha i ostvarenja. Sa KK Crvena zvezda za koju je igrao u dva navrata (2012-2014 i 2015-2017) osvojio je 7 trofeja (2 titule ABA lige, 2 titule prvaka Srbije i 3 kupa Radivoja Koraća) i bio akter nekih nezaboravnih utakmica u Evroligi.
Sa reprezentacijom Srbije osvojao je srebrne medalje na Svetskom prvenstvu i OI u Riju.
Prošlu sezonu započeo je u ekipi Cedevita Olimpije, a završio u španskoj Unikahi iz Malage, dok je prethodne dve sezone nastupao za ruski Zenit iz Sankt Peterburga.
Simonović je nakon Nnoka, Lojda, Voldena i Hola, peto pojačanje crveno-belih u ovom prelaznom roku.
