Jaka Blažič remains in the Dragon family for two more seasons!

Cedevita Olimpija captain Jaka Blažič will continue to wear the Dragons jersey! The Ljubljana club and the captain have agreed on further cooperation, and Blažič will stay in the Slovenian capital at least until the end of the 2025/26 season.

Cedevita Olimpija and the captain of the Ljubljana team, Jaka Blažič, continue their cooperation. Blažič, who has won three national championship titles with the Dragons since 2019, will stay in the Slovenian capital at least until the end of the 2025/26 season.

“Jaka Blažič is the captain and leader of Cedevita Olimpija and we’re very glad that we managed to come to an agreement to extend his contract, and that he will remain part of the Dragons Family for at least two more seasons. We all know, what he is capable of, and we know, that he will be very motivated in the upcoming season. With him having the summer to heal and prepare himself for the season, we can’t wait to see him back on the court in full strenght,” said Sports Director of Cedevita Olimpija, Chechu Mulero.

“Jaka Blažič is a good man and the leader of Cedevita Olimpija. I have been following him for a long time and know his qualities. He has incredible energy and a positive attitude towards work. A great professional who definitely deserves the place of captain in our team. We are very happy that he is staying with us and extended his contract at the same time. I hope that he is at full strength as soon as possible, and that he starts working, and that we start the season in the best possible shape,” said Head Coach of Cedevita Olimpija, Zvezdan Mitrović.

“I’m staying in Ljubljana for at least two more seasons. I’m very happy that we’ve extended contract, and I think I still have quite a few good performances ahead of me. Cedevita Olimpija is definitely a club where I want to show them. We have a summer to recharge our batteries, and that we come to the preparations motivated,” said the captain of Cedevita Olimpija when the contract was extended, and at the same time expressed his wishes for the new competitive season. “Above all, I want to see a homogenous and united team that will give its best every game and show the club in the best possible light, both in the regional league and in the EuroCup.”

The season is fast approaching, so Jaka also addressed all the fans of the Ljubljana club.

“I invite everyone to join us at the start of the season and give us that extra support and motivation to fly around the court in the games.”

In the 2023/24 competitive season, Jaka Blažič played in 18 EuroCup games, and in just over 29 minutes, which he spent on average on the floor, he scored 16.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. He played in 28 games in the regional league, averaging 14.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per faceoff in 28.3 minutes of play. With the Ljubljana team, he won the title of Slovenian national, cup and super cup champion in the 2023/24 season.

Jaka Blažič joined Cedevita Olimpija in 2019, directly after the merger of Olimpija Ljubljana and Cedevita Zagreb. Jaka started his professional sports career in 2007 in the jersey of Triglav from Kranj, and after two years of playing for the team, he went to Ljubljana for the first time and wore the jersey of Slovan in 2009. He also stayed at Kodeljevo for two years, and then in 2011 he transferred to the then Union Olimpija. The path then led him to Belgrade’s Crvena Zvezda, Baskonia, Andorra and, before returning to the Dragon’s Nest in 2019, Barcelona. With the exception of the 2022/23 competitive season, which he spent in Bahçeşehir, he wore the jersey of the Ljubljana club throughout.

In the 2019/20 season, Blažič was named the most valuable player of the round three times in the regular part of the prematurely ended season in regional league. In the 2020/21 season, Blažič was selected as the most valuable player of the month in the regional league in November 2020. In the end, Jaka was also selected in the best five of the regional competition for the 2020/21 season, and at the same time he was part of the second five of the EuroCup competition. Blažič also concluded the European Cup as the top scorer in the 2020/21 competitive season, with an average of 19.1 points per game. In the 2021/22 season, Blažič was selected in the second five in the European Cup, and in the regional league he was selected in the ideal five for the second season in a row. In the regional league, Blažič was part of the second five in the 2023/24 competitive season.