Rašid Mahalbašić
Rašid Mahalbašić (born 7 November 1990) is a Slovenian-born Austrian professional basketball player for Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he can play at power forward and center positions. Professional careerMahalbašić played with Kelag Wörthersee Piraten of the Austrian Bundesliga.[1] In February 2010, he was on try-out at Montepaschi Siena from Italian Serie A.[2] In September 2010, Mahalbašić signed a six-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker of the Turkish Basketball League.[3] Mahalbašić was loaned to Tofaş S.K. between December 2010 to February 2011 where he played 10 games. He played with 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 blok performance against Fenerbahçe Ülker.[4] He came back to Fenerbahçe Ülker after Mirsad Türkcan's shock injury, then he was loaned again, to KK Split of Croatia for the rest of the 2010–11 season.[5] In January 2012, Mahalbašić parted ways with Fenerbahçe, and signed with Slovenia's Zlatorog Laško for the rest of the 2011–12 season.[6][7] On September 21, 2012, he signed with Asseco Prokom Gdynia of the Polish Basketball League for the 2012–13 season.[8][9] On July 20, 2013, Mahalbašić signed a two-year deal with ČEZ Basketball Nymburk of the Czech Republic National Basketball League.[10] For the 2014–15 season he signed with Astana, a team from the VTB United League and Kazakh League.[11] On June 1, 2015, Mahalbašić signed a two-year contract with the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod.[12] After one season he left Nizhny and on September 26, 2016, signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye.[13] On December 5, 2016, he left Yeşilgiresun and signed with Spanish club Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the season.[14] On July 3, 2017, Mahalbašić signed with German club EWE Baskets Oldenburg.[15] On June 10, 2021, he signed with AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.[16] On August 3, 2022, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the LEB Oro.[17] On November 28, 2023, he has signed with Cedevita Olimpija of the Adriatic League and the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. In January 2025, he signed with Sigal Prishtina of the Liga Unike and the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.[18] Austria national teamMahalbašić averaged 15.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game, shooting 76% from the field goal and 53.3% on free throws, in 3 games with the Austrian national team in the qualifications for the Eurobasket 2009 Division B.[19] when he won the tournament MVP.[20] Career statistics
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