Predrag Samardžiski is a Macedonian

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. He currently plays for BC Lietuvos Rytas

BC Lietuvos Rytas

BC Lietuvos rytas is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League , the VTB United League, and the Eurocup...

 in the Lithuanian Basketball League

Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga

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Pro career

Samardžiski started career at KK Partizan

KK Partizan

Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....

. He then played with KK FMP

KK FMP

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 for five years (2005–2010). In August 2010, he signed for Olin Edirne

Olin Edirne Basket

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 of Turkey

Turkey

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. In May 2011 he signed with BC Lietuvos Rytas

BC Lietuvos Rytas

BC Lietuvos rytas is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League , the VTB United League, and the Eurocup...

 in Lithuania

Lithuania

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International career

Samardžiski plays for the Macedonian national team. He was a member of the team at the EuroBasket 2009

EuroBasket 2009

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 and he was also a key member of team that reached the semi-finals at the EuroBasket 2011

Eurobasket 2011

EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time Eurobasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 championship. FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to...

, averaging 5.8 points per game throughout the tournament and ending up among the top ten shot blockers.

Main flaws

Before the EuroBasket 2011, Samardžiski's greatest flaw was considered to be his inability to dunk, despite him being 2.14m tall. However, in the semi-finals against Spain, where he replaced the injured Todor Gečevski

Todor Gečevski

Todor Gečevski is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 10 ¾ in in height and in weight. He plays the center and power forward positions.-Pro career:...

 as starting center, he dunked the ball twice against Spanish centers Pau and Mark Gasol. Samardžiski had a memorable game, scoring 12 points, his highest total in the tournament, and adding five rebounds.

External links

• Predrag Samardžiski at euroleague.net
• Predrag Samardžiski at adriaticbasket.com