Cedevita Olimpija officially signs Marko Radovanović

The senior team of Cedevita Olimpija has strengthened its power forward playing position with Marko Radovanović, who will stay in Ljubljana for at least two seasons.

In the position of wing center, Cedevita Olimpija will be stronger in the new competition season 2021/22 for Marko Radovanović, who is moving to Ljubljana from the Belgrade FMP. There, Radovanović spent practically his entire professional career, until this year’s move to the Slovenian capital.

Radovanović also spent a short period in his youth at the Crvena zvezda, as he joined the Red and Whites in 2014. A year later, he became a member of the FMP, where he then played, with the exception of the 2016/17 season, when he was loaned to Borac, until the end of the season that is behind us. Radovanović was part of the Serbian national teams U16, U18 and U20, and for the national team he played in the Qualifiers for EuroBasket 2022.

With the Serbian national team U16, he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in 2012, and with the U18 team in 2014, he finished second at the European Championships in Turkey.

In the 2020/21 season, Marko Radovanović spent an average of 15.4 minutes on the floor in the ABA League, scoring 6.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. He showed his best performance of the season in the regional competition in the match against Cedevita Olimpija, and in Železnik he scored 28 points, collected 12 rebounds and three assists in 26 minutes. In the Serbian national championship, FMP played two matches, while Radovanović averaged 6.5 points, 4.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game in 16 minutes.

Marko Radovanović

Date and place of birth: April 3 1996; Čačak (Serbia)

Height: 209 cm

Playing position: Power Forward

Career: FMP (Serbia; 2014-21), Cedevita Olimpija (2021)

Sani Bečirović, sports director of Cedevita Olimpija:

"After Mikael Hopkins expressed his wish not to return to Ljubljana next season, we had to find a solution on how to fill the gap in the wing center. We found her in Marko Radovanović, who has been playing regional basketball for many years and knows her well, but at the same time he wants to try himself at a higher level. Everyone at Cedevita Olimpija is happy that Marko has decided to become part of our club, and that we have been following his development at FMP for some time, and that he will stay in Ljubljana for at least two seasons, we will follow with interest his progress, and we are confident that he will be able to take a step forward in his career in the Dragons jersey."

Jurica Golemac, head coach of Cedevita Olimpija:

"We are happy that Marko landed in our Dragon’s Nest. He is a young player who is extremely capable in offense and defense, and at the same time he is also very athletic. I also think there is still a lot of room for improvement. Marko is a modern ‘four’ who can rebound, run, shoot and handle the ball well. I am sure that he will help us, but at the same time that we will help him to become a much better player, about which much will be heard. We all welcome him in Ljubljana and we all can’t wait to start working."

Marko Radovanović, player of Cedevita Olimpija:

"I am very pleased to have become part of Cedevita Olimpija, so I sincerely thank everyone at the club for their trust. When the offer came, I didn’t think for too long, because you can’t say no to such a big club. I hope to meet all expectations, and once again, it is a great honor to become part of the story being written in Ljubljana."