Gorica signed with Emil Savić

Emil Savić, a permanent member of all of the Croatia national team youth categories, started playing basketball in the Cedevita Basketball Academy an he made his best results in Croatia working with coach Nenad Kukić, playing for KK Rudeš, together with his new teammate Krešimir Ljubićić, as they have both won U14 and U16 bronze medals in the Croatia national championships.

He played his junior years at the club of Baloncesto Torrelodones in Madrid, in a renowned basketball academy, where he has, led by former Gorica head coach Davor Matković, won the championship of Madrid for junior teams, beating Real Madrid, who lost the only game in two years of playing. He also won the MVP award and has appeared also in the Spanish junior championship, winning 6th and 11th place, respectively and signed a professional deal with Valencia, where he has been playing in the B team and has also been loaned to ACB League squad San Pablo Burgos in the 2017&17 season. Last season he has been playing for PSK Karlsruhe Lions in the German PRO A League.

After signing with Gorica, Savić stated: “First of all I wish to thank Gorica for offering me this opportunity. There has been plenty of time since my last game in Croatia and I am convinced that Gorica is the right place for me to return to the home court and get playing time and help team win as many games as possible in the ABA League 2. By signing a multi-year contract I can see that Gorica is counting on me for the future, which definitely gives me motivation to take advantage of every practice and every game to make progress, both individually and with the team.”

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Gorica potpisala Emila Savića

Još jedno pojačanje za novu zahtjevu sezonu u ABA ligi 2 potpisalo je 2+1 godišnji ugovor s Goricom – Emil Savić.

Emil Savić stalni član svih mlađih reprezentacija Hrvatske na U14, U16, U18 i U20 natjecanjima košarkom se počeo baviti u školi košarke Cedevita no najveće uspjehe u Hvatskoj ostvario je sa trenerom Nenadom Kukićem u KK Rudeš sa svojim novim/starim suigračem Krešimirom Ljubičićem gdje su zajedno osvojili brončane medalje na U14 i U16 prvenstvima Hrvatske.

Juniorsku košarku Emil provodi u klubu Baloncesto Torrelodones u Madridu, poznatoj košarkaškoj akademiji gdje pod vodstvom bivšeg trenera KK Gorica, Davora Matkovića osvaja prvenstvo Madrida za juniore uz pobjedu nad Real Madridom kojima je to bio prvi poraz u dvije godine natjecanja i osvojenu nagradu za MVP te sudjeluje na juniorskim prvenstvima Španjolske osvajajući 6. odnosno 11. mjesto i potpisuje profesionalni trogodišnji ugovor sa Valencijom gdje se slijedecih godine razvija u seniorskoj i B ekipi uz posudbu u ACB ligasa San Pablo Burgos u sezoni 2017/18. Prošle godine bio je član PSK Karlsruhe Lionsa koji su se natjecali u njemačkoj PRO A ligi.

Nakon potpisa sa Goricom, Savić je izjavio: „Za početak želim se zahvaliti Gorici na pruženoj prilici. Puno je prošlo od moje zadnje utakmice u Hrvatskoj i uvjeren sam da je Gorica pravo mjesto za mene da se vratim na domaći teren i zaradim minutažu te pomognem ekipi pobjediti u sto je više utakmica moguće u ABA2 ligi. Potpisivanjem višegodišnjeg ugovora vidim da Gorica računa samnom u budućnosti i to mi definitivno daje motivaciju da svaki trening i svaku utakmicu iskoristim za napredak, individualno i sa ekipom.“