League Liga ACBEuroleague NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted Weight 96 kg Nationality Slovenian Name Jaka Blazic Career start 2007 | Listed height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Role Basketball player Pro career 2007 Listed weight 96 kg (212 lb) Height 1.96 m | |
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Born June 30, 1990 (age 33) Jesenice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1990-06-30 ) Similar People Boban Marjanovic, Dejan Radonjic, Klemen Prepelic, Edo Muric, Charles Jenkins Profiles | ||
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Jaka Blažič (born June 30, 1990) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Baskonia of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in), he plays as a small forward.
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Professional career
Blažič started his professional career in 2007 with Triglav Kranj. From 2009 to 2011 he played with Geoplin Slovan.
In July 2011, he signed a three-year deal with Union Olimpija.
On June 18, 2013, Blažič signed a three-year deal with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda. On September 14, 2015, he parted ways with the club.
One day later, on September 15, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Baskonia.
Slovenian national team
As a member of the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team, Blažič competed at the EuroBasket 2013 and World Cup 2014. He also represented Slovenia at the 2015 EuroBasket where they were eliminated by Latvia in eighth finals.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Traffic accident
In the early morning hours of Saturday, 4 October 2014, Blažič was involved in a traffic infraction, slamming his Volkswagen Golf into the back of a taxi vehicle while changing lanes at the corner of Nemanjina and Resavska streets in central Belgrade. No injuries were reported as the traffic patrol administered a breathalyzer test on the 24-year-old basketball player, determining his blood alcohol level was above the legal limit in Serbia of 0.5‰. Blažič paid the RSD16,000 (~€135) fine on the spot and later publicly apologized while his club Crvena zvezda fined him as well by reportedly docking the amount of two monthly salaries from his pay.