Miha Cerkvenik returned to Cedevita Olimpija
Cedevita Olimpija announced its first reinforcement ahead of the 2025/26 season. Miha Cerkvenik, the child of the Dragon Lair, who used to play for Krka over the past three seasons is coming back to the club of Ljubljana.
Miha Cerkvenik (Photo: Spartak Office Shoes/Aleksandar Secerov)
Ahead of the 2025/26 season, the occasional Slovenian international Miha Cerkvenik is coming back to Cedevita Olimpija. The child of the Ljubljana side, who started playing basketball at the Peter Vilfan basketball scholl and afterwards played for Cedevita Olimpija youth categories, is coming back home after a successful introduction to the club basketball. Cerkvenik, who used to play for the senior squads of Ilirija and Krka over the past couple of years, has signed a two-year contract with Cedevita Olimpija, which should keep him in Ljubljana until the end of the 2027/28 season.
“Upon my return to Cedevita Olimpija and Stožice I feel like I came back home. This has been my quiet desire and I believe that the dream of every Slovenian player is to play for our best team. I cannot wait for the new season to begin, so that we can start with the practices and games,” told Cerkvenik.
Mha Cerkvenik, an all-around forward, is famous for his working ethic, defensive strength and ability to play in several positions on the court. In the 2024/25 season, he has been playing very well at Krka in the AdmiralBet ABA League, which earned him the invitation ot the Slovenia Senior National team. The 25 year old player has therefore become one of the occasional members of the Slovenia National Team and appeared in three qualifying games for the EuroBasket 2025.
In the 2024/25 season, Miha has been the third-leading scorer of Krka in the AdmiralBet ABA League, averaging 1.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest.
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Cerkvenik spet pri Cedevita Olimpiji
Cedevita Olimpija je oznanila prvo okrepitev pred začetkom tekmovalne sezone 2025/26! V ljubljanski klub se vrača Miha Cerkvenik, otrok Zmajeve družine, ki je zadnje tri sezone nosil dres novomeške Krke in v tem obdobju postal tudi član slovenske moške reprezentance!
V Zmajevo gnezdo se pred začetkom tekmovalne sezone 2025/26 vrača občasni slovenski reprezentant Miha Cerkvenik! Otrok ljubljanskega kluba, ki je svoje košarkarsko znanje po spoznavanju s košarko v Košarkarski šoli Peter Vilfan, začel brusiti v mlajših kategorijah Cedevite Olimpije, se po uspešnem kaljenju v članski konkurenci vrača domov. Cerkvenik, ki je v članski kategoriji igral za Ilirijo in se nato uveljavil pri novomeški Krki, je z ljubljanskim kolektivom podpisal dveletno pogodbo, ki ga bo v Zmajevem gnezdu zadržala vsaj do konca sezone 2027/28.
"Ob prihodu v Cedevito Olimpijo in Stožice se počutim, kot da sem se vrnil domov. Potiho sem si to vedno želel, mislim pa, da so sanje vsakega slovenskega košarkarja, da zaigra za naš najboljši klub. Komaj čakam, da se začne nova sezona, da začnemo s treningi in tekmami," ob povratku v Cedevito Olimpijo svojega zadovoljstva ni skrival Cerkvenik.
Miha Cerkvenik, vsestranski krilni igralec, je znan po svoji delovni vnemi, obrambni čvrstosti in zmožnosti igranja na več položajih. V sezoni 2024/25 je pri Krki v AdmiralBet Ligi ABA pokazal zelo dobre igre, ki so mu prinesle tudi vabilo na zbor slovenske reprezentance.
V sezoni 2024/25 je bil Miha tretji najboljši strelec Krke v regionalni ligi, v povprečju je dosegal 11,9 točke ter 5,6 skokov na tekmo.
Miha, ki bo novembra dopolnil 25 let, je v zadnjem obdobju postal tudi eden od občasnih članov slovenske moške košarkarske reprezentance – zaigral je na treh tekmah kvalifikacij za letošnji EuroBasket ter treh tekmah kvalifikacij za olimpijske igre.
