Darko Planinić reinforced Krka
Experienced 33 year old and 211 cm tall center Darko Planinić will be wearing Krka jersey in the remainder of the 2023/24 season.
Darko Planinic (Photo: Crvena zvezda mts)
“It is an honour for me to have become a member of Krka, which is a great club with a rich tradition. I believe that I would be able to help the team with my experience and quality, to reach the goals, that we have set upon ourselves,” Darko Planinić is eager to join the side of Novo mesto.
Darko Planinić has been born in Mostar in 1990 and started his career at Široki, where he spent the period between 2009 and 2012. He moved from Široki to Maccabi of Tel Aviv and later played in Spain (Laboral Kutxa, Gran Canaria), Italy (Dinamo Sassari), Romania (U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Voluntari), Poland (Stelmet Zielona Gora), Croatia (Zadar, Cibona) and at last in China (Jiangshu) and Saudi Arabia (Al-Fateh).
In 2014, Darko Planinić became the AdmiralBet ABA League champion with Cibona. Darko Planinić used to be a regular member of Croatia National Team youth categories. He will be wearing Krka’s jersey with number 0.
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Darko Planinić okrepil Krko
Dres novomeške Krke bo v nadaljevanju sezone 2023/2024 nosil izkušeni 33-letni in 211 centimetrov visoki hrvaški center Darko Planinić.
„V čast in zadovoljstvo mi je, ker sem postal član novomeške Krke, ki je velik klub z bogato tradicijo. Verjamem, da bom ekipi pomagal s svojimi izkušnjami in znanjem, da sežemo po ciljih, ki smo si jih zadali,“ se igranja v dresu dolenjskega kluba veseli Darko Planinić.
Darko Planinić se je leta 1990 rodil v Mostarju, košarkarsko pot pa je začel v ekipi Široki Brijeg, kjer je igral med letoma 2009 in 2012. Tu je prvič opozoril nase in se za dve leti preselil v evroligaško ekipo Maccabi Tel Aviv. V nadaljevanju bogate kariere je igral še v Španiji (Laboral Kutxa, Gran Canaria), Italiji (Dinamo Sassari), Romuniji (U BT Cluj-Napoca in CSO Voluntari), na Poljskem (Stelmet Zielona Gora), Hrvaškem (Zadar, Cibona) in nazadnje na Kitajskem (Jiangshu) ter Savdski Arabiji (Al-Fateh).
V dresu Maccabija in Laboral Kutxe je v Evroligi zbral 41 nastopov, s Cibono, Budućnostjo in Gran Canario pa je zaigral na 34 tekmah tekmovanja EuroCup.
V svoji karieri je osvojil 11 klubskih naslovov: leta 2014 je bil s Cibono prvak Lige ABA, leto prej pa je osvojil tudi dvojno izraelsko krono: državni naslov in pokal.
Darko Planinić je bil standardni član mladih hrvaških reprezentanc.
V Krki bo nosil dres s številko 0.
