Jaka Blažič is staying in Ljubljana for at least two more seasons

Cedevita Olimpija and the captain of the Ljubljana senior team Jaka Blažič have extended their cooperation. Blažič, will stay in the capital city of Slovenia at least until the end of the 2025/26 season.

In the 2023/24 season, Jaka Blažič has appeared in the 28 AdmiralBet ABA League games, having averaged 14.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game in the regional competition in 28.3 minutes spent on court on average.

“I will stay in Ljubljana for at least two more seasons. I am extremely happy that we have extended our contract and I believe that there are several good performances ahead of me. Cedevita Olimpija is definitely a club, where I wish to demonstrate them. We have a whole summer ahead of us to re-charge our batteries and to arrive fully motivated at the training camp,” the captain of Cedevita Olimpija told as he extended the contract, while revealing the goals for the forthcoming season: “I especially wish to see a united team, that will give everything it can in every single game and represent the club in the best possible way, both in the regional competition and the BKT EuroCup.”

Jaka Blažič has joined Cedevita Olimpija in 2019, immediately after the merger of the Olimpija Ljubljana and Cedevita Zagreb. He started his sporting career in 2007 in the jersey of Triglav Kranj, and after spending two season with them, he moved to Ljubljana and put on the Slovan jersey. He spent there two seasons as well and afterwards moved to Union Olimpija in 2011. He later moved to Crvena zvezda, Baskonia, Andorra and before returning to the Dragons’ Lair, Barcelona. With the exception of the 2022/23 season, that he spent at Bahcesehir, he remained a member of the Ljubljana squad ever since 2019.

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Jaka Blažič ostaja v Ljubljani še vsaj dve sezoni

Kapetan Cedevite Olimpije Jaka Blažič bo še naprej nosil dres Zmajev! Ljubljanski klub in kapetan sta se dogovorila za nadaljnje sodelovanje, Blažič pa bo v slovenski prestolnici ostal vsaj do zaključka tekmovalne sezone 2025/26.

Cedevita Olimpija in kapetan ljubljanske članske zasedbe Jaka Blažič nadaljujeta s sodelovanjem. Blažič bo v slovenski prestolnici ostal vsaj do zaključka tekmovalne sezone 2025/26.

V tekmovalni sezoni 2023/24 je Jaka Blažič zaigral na 28 tekmah v AdmiralBet Ligi ABA, v 28,3 minutah igre pa v povprečju dosegal 14,2 točki, 5,1 skok in 3,1 asistence na obračun.

“V Ljubljani ostajam še vsaj dve sezoni. Zelo vesel sem, da smo podaljšali pogodbo, in mislim, da imam pred seboj še kar nekaj dobrih predstav. Cedevita Olimpija je zagotovo klub, v katerem jih želim pokazati. Imamo poletje, da napolnimo baterije, in da na priprave pridemo motivirani,” je ob podaljšanju pogodbe povedal kapetan Cedevite Olimpije, ob tem pa izdal želje pred novo tekmovalno sezono. “Predvsem želim videti homogeno in povezano ekipo, ki bo vsako tekmo dala vse od sebe in prikazala klub v najboljši možni luči, tako v regionalni ligi, kot tudi v Evropskem pokalu.”

Jaka Blažič se je Cedeviti Olimpiji pridružil leta 2019, neposredno po združitvi ljubljanske Olimpije in zagrebške Cedevite. Svojo profesionalno športno pot je Jaka začel leta 2007 v dresu kranjskega Triglava, po dveh letih igranja za gorenjsko moštvo pa se je prvič podal v Ljubljano in leta 2009 oblekel dres Slovana. Tudi na Kodeljevem se je zadržal dve leti, nato pa leta 2011 prestopil v takratno Union Olimpijo. Pot ga je nato vodila v beograjsko Crveno zvezdo, Baskonio, Andorro ter, pred vrnitvijo v Zmajevo gnezdo, Barcelono. Z izjemo tekmovalne sezone 2022/23, ki jo je preživel v turškem Bahçeşehiru, je nato od leta 2019 dalje vseskozi nosil dres ljubljanskega kluba.