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Marko Ramljak
	Ramljak in 2023
No. 46 – Zadar
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
League	ABA League; Croatian League
Personal information
Born	March 14, 1993 (age 31); Posušje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
NBA draft	2015: undrafted
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2016	Zadar
2016–2017	Cedevita
2017–2019	Zrinjski Mostar
2019–2020	Cibona
2020–2021	Balkan Botevgrad
2021	Twarde Pierniki Toruń
2021–2022	Posušje
2022	Spars Sarajevo
2022–present	Zadar
Career highlights and awards
	3× Croatian League champion (2017, 2023, 2024); Bosnian League champion (2018); 2× Croatian Cup winner (2017, 2024);
Men's Basketball 3x3
Representing Croatia
Youth Olympic Games

Marko Ramljak (born March 14, 1993) is a Croatian professional basketball player, currently playing for Zadar of the Croatian League. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he can play both shooting guard and small forward positions.

Early life

Ramljak grew up in Posušje where he drew attention to himself with his plays for the Croatian national basketball youth teams. He also participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics were his team won the silver medal.

Professional career

Ramljak signed his first professional contract with Zadar in September 2010.^[1] Ramljak constantly improved his performances and during the 2012–13 season, his second season in Zadar, he had become one of the club's key players.

On August 27, 2016, Ramljak parted ways with Zadar to join Cedevita for the 2016–17 season, where he helped the team to win the Croatian Cup and the Croatian League titles.^[2]

On September 6, 2017, Ramljak signed with Bosnian team Zrinjski Mostar.^[3] In 36 games played during the 2017–18 season, he averaged 11.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Ramljak helped Zrinjski to win the Bosnian League title in 2018.

On April 22, 2019, Ramljak signed with the Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva,^[4] but eventually the deal fell through and he returned to play for Zrinjski for the rest of the season.^[5] He joined Cibona in 2019 and averaged 8.2 points and 3.4 points per game. Ramljak was released by the team on July 15, 2020.^[6]

In August 2020, Ramljak signed with Balkan Botevgrad of the Bulgarian League.^[7]

On January 17, 2021, he signed with Twarde Pierniki Toruń of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).^[8]

In September, 2021, he joined his home town club Posušje of the Bosnian League.^[9] Ramljak averaged 17.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. On January 3, 2022, he signed with Spars Sarajevo.^[10]

Personal life

His brothers, Tomislav (born 1985) and Ivan (born 1990) are also basketball players and have all played in the Croatia national basketball team youth selections.^[11]

References

^ "Marko Ramljak potpisao na četiri godine". zadarskilist.hr (in Croatian). 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
^ "Marko Ramljak signs with Cedevita Zagreb". Sportando.basketball. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ "Marko Ramljak signs with HK Zrinjski". Sportando.basketball. September 6, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
^ "רכש קרואטי: רמליאק מגיע לבאר שבע" (in Hebrew). basket.co.il. April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
^ "רמליאק לא קיבל שחרור בינ"ל ולא יגיע לב"ש" (in Hebrew). ONE.co.il. April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
^ Skerletic, Dario (July 15, 2020). "KK Cibona part ways with Marko Ramljak, Roko Badzim". Sportando. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ "Marko Ramljak pronašao klub u Bugarskoj". sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 24 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ "Marko Ramljak dołącza do Polskiego Cukru" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ "Marko Ramljak dołącza do Polskiego Cukru" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ Alispahic, Harun (January 3, 2022). "Spars land Marko Ramljak". Eurobasket. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
^ "Marko Ramljak u KK Posušje" (in Croatian). sumsova.org. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.