Ilirija sign contract with Tristan Vukotić

Ilirija announced another signing as the league newcomers penned deal with 20-year-old forward Tristan Vukotić.

Vukotić started playing basketball in Maribor, while he then moved to Zlatirog Laško for the 2022/23 season. In the past two years Vukotić played for Terme Olimia Podčetrtek where he averaged 9.1 points, 2,5 rebounds and 1 assists per game in the 2024/25 campaign.

Tristan Vukotić also played for U20 Terme Olimia Podčetrtek squad where he was the team captain and where he averaged 24.8 points per game.

Vukotić was a member of U20 Slovenian National Team at the U20 FIBA EuroBasket 2025. He averaged 8.3 points, 2,9 rebounds and 1,7 assists per game at the tournament.

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Tristan Vukotić prihaja v Ljubljano!

20-letni nadarjeni Tristan Vukotić je nova okrepitev Ilirije!

Svoje prve košarkarske korake je naredil v Mariboru, člansko košarko spoznal v Laškem, zadnji dve sezoni pa uspešno nastopal za Terme Olimia Podčetrtek.

V sezoni 2024/25 je v ligi OTP banka v povprečju ob 22,9 minutah na tekmo dosegal:

9,1 točke (48,4 % za tri), 2,5 skoka, 1 podajo, 0,9 ukradene žoge

Kot kapetan ekipe U20 je s povprečjem 24,8 točke na tekmo vodil ekipo na zaključni turnir najboljših 8 ekip v Sloveniji.

Z odličnimi predstavami si je prislužil tudi vpoklic v reprezentanco Slovenije U20, s katero je na Eurobasketu 2025 osvojil 7. mesto, ob povprečju:

8,3 točke, 2,9 skoka in 1,7 podaje na tekmo.