Edo Murić remains at Cedevita Olimpija

Edo Murić, the Slovenian national team player and the first player to become part of the Cedevita Olimpija team when he joined KK Olimpija Ljubljana and KK Cedevita Zagreb, remains in Ljubljana for at least one more season.

Edo Murić, the owner of five titles of Slovenian national champion and a member of the golden Slovenian national team from 2017, remains in Ljubljana. The 29-year-old from Ljubljana has signed a contract with Cedevita Olimpija, and he will wear the jersey of the Ljubljana club at least until the end of the 2021/22 season.

Edo Murić started his basketball career at Parklji in Bežigrad, and in the 2008/09 season he was loaned to TCG Mercator in Škofja Loka. Murić said goodbye to the Bežigrad club in 2010 and went to Novo mesto, to Krka, with which he won four national championship titles, one Slovenian cup title and the EuroChallenge title (2011) between 2010 and 2014. With very good performances in Novo mesto, he also earned a place in the Atlanta Hawks team in the NBA Summer League in 2014, and in September 2014 he then strengthened Belgrade’s Partizan NIS.

From Belgrade, his career then led him to Turkey, where he wore the Banvita jersey in the 2016/17 season, and then signed a contract with Anadolu Efes in September 2017, but left the club in December of the same year. The 2017/18 season was concluded by Murić in Poland at Zielona Gora, with whom he then terminated his contract in September 2018 and joined the Zagreb team Cedevita in December of the same year. In 2019, Murić became the first basketball player in history to become part of Cedevita Olimpija.

Murić has been a permanent member of the Slovenian men’s national team practically since the beginning of the last decade. He played in three European Championships (2011, 2013, 2017) and one World Championship (2014), and in 2017 he was one of the key members of Slovenia on the way to the title of European champion. On average, Murić scored 4.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game in 18.9 minutes.

Among other things, Murić is also part of the Slovenian men’s national team, which will fight for Slovenia’s performance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.

In the 2020/21 season, Murić played in 24 ABA League games and averaged 8.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 24.2 minutes on the floor. He played in 16 games in the 7DAYS EuroCup, scoring 9.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists in just under 26 minutes of play. In the Nova KBM League, he wore the Cedevita Olimpija jersey in 12 games and scored 7.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists.

Sani Bečirović, sports director of BC Cedevita Olimpija:
“Edo Murić is one of the key members of the Cedevita Olimpija member team and we are happy that he will stay with us in Ljubljana in the future. We all know how much and what Edo means in our team. With his experience, fighting spirit, as well as his desire to play and prove himself, Edo has proved what a player he is in the last three seasons he has spent in the Dragons jersey, and he has confirmed his status as one of the best Slovenian players at the moment. It is important that the core of the team, which consists of players with a Slovenian passport, remains in Ljubljana, and I believe that Edo will once again do his best in every match and training to achieve the set goals. “

Edo Murić, player of of BC Cedevita Olimpija:
“I am happy to stay in Ljubljana. I feel very good at Cedevita Olimpija, the club is superbly organized, and the atmosphere in the locker room is always great. We all know that we want to take a step forward in the coming season, and this will be the main motivation when returning to work in Stožice. I can’t wait to see my teammates again after the summer, which will be marked by the national team campaign. I hope and wish that the hall will be nicely filled next season, and that the fans will enjoy with us the matches that await us.”