Marko Luković

Marko Luković (born May 26, 1992) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Split of the Adriatic League and the Croatian League. He is 2.07 m tall Power forward.

Marko Luković
No. 33 – Split
PositionPower Forward
LeagueAdriatic League
Croatian League
Personal information
Born (1992-05-26) May 26, 1992
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2014Mega Vizura
2014–2015TBB Trier
2015–2016MZT Skopje
2016–2017Krka
2017–2018UCAM Murcia
2018ESSM Le Portel
2018–2019Manresa
2019Igokea
2019–2020Koper Primorska
2020–presentSplit
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Luković played in youth categories with Mega Vizura. He made his debut with the first team in March 2009. In July 2014, he left Mega and signed with German club TBB Trier for the 2014–15 season.[1]

On August 17, 2015, he signed with MZT Skopje for the 2015–16 season.[2][3] With MZT he won the Macedonian League championship and Macedonian Cup trophy. He was also named the Macedonian Cup MVP.[4]

On July 6, 2016, he signed with Krka for the 2016–17 season.[5] On July 22, 2017, he signed with UCAM Murcia for the 2017–18 season.[6] On March 8, 2018, he parted ways with Murcia.[7] Five days later, he signed with ESSM Le Portel.[8]

On August 17, 2018, he signed with Baxi Manresa for the 2018–19 season.[9] On January 10, 2019, he signed with Igokea for the rest of the 2018–19 season.[10]

On December 28, 2019, he signed with Koper Primorska for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[11] He averaged 14 points and 6.6 rebounds per game in ABA league, including two wild game winning buzzerbeaters. On 13 July 2020 he extended his contract with Koper Primorska.[12]

On September 23, 2020, Luković signed for the Croatian team Split for the 2020–21 season.[13][14]

National team career

Luković was a member of the Serbian junior national teams. With Serbia U-18 team he played at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Lithuania. Two years later he played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Slovenia.

Personal life

Marko comes from a basketball family. In fact, his father Ljubisav Luković, is a former basketball player and current basketball coach, and his mother is also former basketball player. Marko has an older brother Uroš and younger sister Branka who are also professional basketball players.[15]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Domestic leagues
Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14Mega Vizura ABA League2516.6.368.400.6572.50.40.60.34.7
2015–16MZT Skopje2528.9.430.288.6815.82.20.80.711.8
2019–20Koper Primorska729.7.364.206.6926.61.10.70.314

References
  1. TBB Trier sign Marko Lukovic
  2. Marko Lukovic signs with MZT Skopje
  3. Марко Луковиќ нов играч на МЗТ Скопје (in Macedonian)
  4. MZT-u Kup, Luković MVP (in Serbian)
  5. Marko Lukovic moves to Krka Novo Mesto
  6. Marko Lukovic signs with Murcia
  7. Marko Lukovic, UCAM Murcia part ways
  8. Le Portel adds Marko Lukovic
  9. "ACB.COM - Marko Lukovic, más centímetros y talento para el BAXI Manresa". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. "Igokea strengthened by Luković and Jerrett". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  11. "Marko Lukovic signs with Primorska". sportando.basketball. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  12. "Marko Luković pred potpisom". sportske.net. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  13. "Marko Luković signs contract with Split". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  14. "I nakon Marka - Marko, Luković je novi igrač Splita". basketball.hr. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  15. Porodično blago “dinastije Luković” (in Serbian)
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