Branko Cvetković is a Serbia

Serbia

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n professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 ¾ in) tall and he weights 102 kg (225 pounds). He can play at either the shooting guard

Shooting guard

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 or small forward

Small forward

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 positions, but he plays mainly as a small forward. He is currently with the pro club BC Astana.

Pro career

Cvetković came up through youth systems at Spartak Subotica and Borac Čačak

KK Borac Čačak

Košarkaški klub Borac Čačak is a professional basketball club from Čačak, Serbia. The club currently plays in the Serbian League.-History:Basketball club Borac Čačak is a member of the First Federal League since 1952...

. After making a name for himself with the Serbian League club FMP Železnik

KK FMP

KK FMP , also known as FMP Železnik, is a defunct Serbian basketball club.Based in the Belgrade's neighborhood of Železnik, the club continually posts notable results every competition it competes in...

 by winning the Adriatic League championship in the 2005-06 season and the Serbian Cup

Kup Radivoja Koraća

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 in the 2006-07 season, he signed with CB Girona of the Spanish ACB League

Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto

The Liga ACB, known as the Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1956 with the name of Liga Nacional. The league changed its name to the current one in 1983. The league is rated as one of the three "A" level European...

 for the 2007-08 season. In Girona, he averaged 9.1 points per game in the Spanish League, and 10.1 points per game in the ULEB Cup

ULEB Cup

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 league, where Girona progressed all the way to the league's final game.

On August 2, 2008, it was announced that Cvetković signed with the Greek Euroleague

Euroleague

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 club Panionios He joined the Spanish club CAI Zaragoza in 2009.

Serbian national basketball team

Cvetković was also a member of the Serbian national basketball team

Serbia national basketball team

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External links

• Euroleague.net Profile