Krešimir Lončar

Krešimir Lončar (born February 12, 1983) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, currently working as manager of sport & scouting for s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at 2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in), he played both the power forward and center positions.

Krešimir Lončar
Lončar in 2014
Würzburg Baskets
PositionManager of sport & scouting
LeagueBundesliga
Personal information
Born (1983-02-12) February 12, 1983
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height6 ft 10.75 in (2.10 m)
Listed weight251 lb (114 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career1999–2020
Career history
1999–2000KK Split
2000–2002DJK s.Oliver Würzburg
2002–2003Benetton Treviso
2003–2004Teramo
2004–2006Kyiv
2006–2008Lokomotiv Rostov
2008–2010UNICS Kazan
2010–2014Khimki
2014–2015Valencia
2015–2016Alba Berlin
2016–2020s.Oliver Würzburg
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  Croatia
World U-21 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2001 Japan U-21 Team
European U-18 Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bulgaria U-18 Team
Silver medal – second place2000 CroatiaU-18 Team

Professional career
Lončar, playing for Khimki in 2011

In July 2008, Lončar signed a two-year contract with UNICS Kazan.[1] With UNICS he won the Russian Cup in 2009 and was also named the MVP.[2] UNICS Kazan ended up third in the 2009–10 Russian Superleague season.

In June 2010, he signed a two-year-deal with BC Khimki.[3] In his first season with BC Khimki he was selected to play the All Star Game 2011.[4] In April 2011, BC Khimki won the championship of VTB United League and Krešimir was voted the best power forward of the tournament.[5] In June 2012, he extended his contract with Khimki for two more seasons.[6]

On 2 July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Valencia Basket.[7] He left Valencia after one season.[8]

On October 1, 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the German team Alba Berlin.[9]

On June 29, 2016, Lončar signed a two-year deal with s.Oliver Baskets.[10]

On June 28, 2020, Lončar announced that he will continue to work with s.Oliver Würzburg, as director of sports & scouting personnel.[11]

Croatian national team

Lončar was also a member of the Croatian national basketball team. With them he played at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the Eurobasket 2009 in Poland.

Both at the Olympics and the Eurobasket Croatia ended up sixth. Therefore, they are directly qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey where Lončar was also part of the Croatian national team.

References
  1. "Unics inks center Kresimir Loncar". Eurocupbasketball.com. 27 July 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. "Unics beat Dynamo for Russian Cup trophy". Sportando.com. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. "Kresimir Loncar and Alexey Savrasenko are BC Khimki players". bckhimki.ru. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. "Four BC Khimki players will take part in All-Star BEKO PBL Game". bckhimki.ru. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ""Khimki" – is the Champion of VTB United League!". vtb-league.com. 24 April 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. "Khimki extends Monya, Loncar and Planinic". Sportando.com. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. "Valencia adds veteran big man Loncar". Euroleague.net. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. "Valencia parts ways with Kresimir Loncar and Pablo Aguilar". Sportando.com. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  9. "Kroatischer Big Man Kresimir Loncar komplettiert ALBA-Kader". albaberlin.de (in German). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  10. "Nach 14 Jahren: Kresimir Loncar kommt nach Hause". soliver-baskets.de (in German). 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. "Was Kresimir Loncar bei den Baskets vorhat". 28 June 2019.
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