Blaž Habot is coming to Ljubljana

The senior team of Cedevita Olimpija was strengthened by the young and talented Blaž Habot, who we were able to follow in the Hopsev jersey from Polzela in the 2020/21 season.

The list of talented players that we will be able to follow in the coming seasons in Ljubljana’s Cedevita Olimpija is longer for Blaž Habot, who will stay in Ljubljana for the next four seasons. Habot has no experience with playing at the highest international level, but he successfully wore the Hopsi jersey last season, who made it all the way to the quarterfinals of the Slovenian national championship.

Blaž Habot first appears in the official statistics of the Basketball Federation of Slovenia in the 2012/13 season, and in the national championship for boys under 13 he wore the Maribor Messer jersey at the time. In the youth categories, Habot also wore the jerseys of Miklavž and Primo Avto, and in senior basketball he got the opportunity to play for the first time in Slovenske Konjice. In the 2019/20 season, he averaged 11.1 points per game for Konjice in the 3rd SKL in 15 matches.

In the season behind us, we were able to follow Habot in a Hopsi jersey, and he played in 26 games and scored 4.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. Thus, Habot and the team from Polzele faced Cedevita Olimpija in the quarterfinals of the national championship, and in two matches they scored a total of nine points and collected seven rebounds. He spent an average of just over 28 minutes per game on the floor.

Blaž Habot
Date and place of birth: December 13 2000, Maribor (Slovenia)
Height: 206 cm
Playing position: Power Forward / Center
Career: Konjice (2019-20), Hopsi Polzela (2020-21), Cedevita Olimpija (2021).

Sani Bečirović, sports director of Cedevita Olimpija:
“Blaž Habot is one of the players we have become aware of in the last few seasons. We followed his development, and this year we came to an agreement to join Cedevita Olimpija. Blaž is certainly aware that he still has a lot of work to do, and I believe that he will be able to progress day by day in Ljubljana and reach his full potential in a few seasons.”

Jurica Golemac, head coach of Cedevita Olimpija:
“We followed Blaž Habot throughout the season, which is behind us. He is one of the tall and promising basketball players, of which there are not many in Slovenia. The boy is making incredible progress and has a desire to work. We could see him first hand in the quarterfinals of the state championship when the Hopsi stood in front of us. We decided to bring it in and include it in our work program. He will be able to help us in the future, but of course he is one of the home players that we urgently need and we also want to have in as many numbers as possible. We are convinced that we made a great move by signing a contract with Blaž. He will have excellent conditions for a good training process and progress, but he is happy to be a very hard-working and intelligent guy who wants to progress.”

Blaž Habot, player of Cedevita Olimpija:
“I would like to thank Cedevita Olimpija and my agent Benjamin Stević for allowing me to transfer to such a big club. I always had a desire to play for the Ljubljana team and now my wish has come true.”