Nationality Serbian 2007–2010 Partizan Height 2.10 m 2010–2011 Crvena zvezda Weight 105 kg | Listed weight 105 kg (231 lb) Name Darko Balaban Position Center NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted Role Basketball Player Pro career 2007 | |
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Born February 22, 1989 (age 35)
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1989-02-22 ) | ||
Listed height 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||
Darko Balaban (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Балабан; born February 22, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Dinamo București of the Romanian League.
Professional career
Balaban grew up with BC Sport Key from Novi Sad where he played from 2003 to 2007 when he goes to Partizan. In 2010 he goes to Crvena zvezda where he stayed one season.
For the 2011–12 season he signed with KK Smederevo where he had great season and was named the MVP of the Basketball League of Serbia.
In March 2012 he signed with BKK Radnički for Serbian Super League but played only nine games and then left the team. Following season he started with Târgu Mureş, but left them in December 2012.
In October 2013, he signed with Vršac. He left them after only two games and signed with Feni Industries. In February 2014, he returned to Serbia and signed with his former team Smederevo.
In September 2014, he signed with the Hungarian club Naturtex SZTE-Szedeák for the 2014–15 season.
On October 1, 2015, he signed with the Greek club PAOK. However he left PAOK later that month after appearing in two league games and three Eurocup games. On December 2, 2015, he signed with Romanian club Dinamo București for the rest of the 2015–16 Liga Națională season.