Position Center NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted Weight 95 kg Nationality Croatian Name Miro Bilan Career start 2006 | Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Role Basketball player Pro career 2006 Listed weight 270 lb (122 kg) Height 2.13 m | |
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League ABA League
Croatian League
Euroleague Born July 21, 1989 (age 34)
Sibenik, SR Croatia SFR Yugoslavia ( 1989-07-21 ) Current team KK Cedevita (#15 / Center) Similar People Luka Babic, Tomislav Zubcic, Fran Pilepic, Roko Ukic, Marko Tomas Profiles | ||
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Miro Bilan (born July 21, 1989) is a Croatian professional basketball player who plays for Cedevita Zagreb of the Croatian League. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he plays the center position.
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- Focus on miro bilan cedevita zagreb
- Lovro mazalin puts miro bilan on poster cedevita zadar 8 10 2016
- Playing history
- Croatian national team
- Career statistics
- References
Lovro mazalin puts miro bilan on poster cedevita zadar 8 10 2016
Playing history
Bilan started his career in his hometown, playing for Šibenik from the start of 2006 until January 2010 season when he signed 3 year-deal for Zadar. In Zadar Bilan proved to be one of the most promising young centers in Croatia, becoming subject of interest from major clubs. As Zadar fell into financial troubles, failing to pay their players on time, Bilan one-sidely parted ways with the team.
In August 2011, he signed a contract with Cedevita. Zadar suspended Bilan but eventually he won Croatian Basketball Federation arbitration dispute, allowing him to debut for Cedevita in September 2011. In July 2014, he extended his contract with Cedevita for one more season.
On May 5, 2015, he agreed to a new two-year contract with Cedevita. The 2015–16 season was until then his most successful season. He was one of Cedevita's key players in its Euroleague Top 16 run and was named ABA League MVP. In spite rumors he will continue his career abroad, in July 2016 he signed a new one-year contract with Cedevita.
Croatian national team
Bilan was a part of the Croatian U-18 and U-20 teams as well as Croatian B national side. He made his debut for the senior Croatian national basketball team in August 2014 in a friendly against Canada. He was the last player to be removed from the preliminary squad for the 2014 World Cup. He represented Croatia at the EuroBasket 2015, where they were eliminated in the eighth finals by Czech Republic. At this tournament he was the third choice for the Center position and did not spend much time on court. A year later, after Ante Tomić and Justin Hamilton canceled, he became the first-choice Center in Croatia's successful appearance at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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.
