Leon Šantelj signed with Krka
The 30-year-old power forward Leon Šantelj has become a new member of Krka.
Leon Santelj (Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
“I am looking forward to arriving at Krka. I cannot wait for the preparations to begin, so I can help the team in the best possible way,” Leon Šantelj told, as he signed with Krka.
Šantelj has started his basketball career in Postojna, then moved to UKK Koper and afterwards played for Kansai Helios and Rogaška. He also played abroad, in the Czech Republic, Croatia and Belgium. In 2023 he won the Croatian National Championship trophy with Zadar and finished the last season at Kvarner, for which he has been averaging 9.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
He made his debut for the Slovenia National Team in 2019. Before that he used to play for the U18 National Team at the U18 European Championship in 2013 and for the U20 National Team at the U20 European Championship in 2015.
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Leon Šantelj podpisal za Krko
Novi član Krke je postal 30-letni krilni center Leon Šantelj.
"Veselim se prihoda v novomeško Krko. Komaj čakam, da se začnejo priprave in da ekipi pomagam po svojih najboljših močeh," je ob podpisu pogodbe povedal Leon Šantelj.
Svojo košarkarsko pot je Šantelj začel v Postojni, potem pa nadaljeval v UKK Koper, nato pa igral za Kansai Helios in Rogaško. Preizkusil se je tudi v tujini – na Češkem, Hrvaškem in v Belgiji. Leta 2023 je z Zadrom osvojil naslov hrvaškega državnega prvaka, minulo sezono pa uspešno zaključil pri Kvarnerju, kjer je v končnici državnega prvenstva v povprečju dosegal 9,1 točke, 4,5 skoka in 1,3 asistence na tekmo.
Za člansko reprezentanco Slovenije je debitiral leta 2019. Pred tem je nastopal za mladinsko reprezentanco na evropskem prvenstvu leta 2013 in za mlado reprezentanco na evropskem prvenstvu leta 2015.
