Ivan Batur is the new Gorica player

Friday, 14. August 2020 at 16:39

Ivan Batur is the latest reinforcement of ABA League 2 newcomers Gorica.

Ivan Batur (Photo: Lovcen 1947)

In his career by now, Ivan Batur used to play for Zadar, Zagreb, Rogaška, Zabok and Škrljevo, while he will spend the next season with Gorica. Head coach Josip Sesar is now only a step away from completing the roster, capable of attacking huge things in the ABA League 2.

The streak goes on, Gorica squad is getting stronger and with each new day, the picture of them in the forthcoming season is getting clearer and clearer. After Mate Kalajžić, Marko Baković, Krešimir Ljubičić, Maj Kovačević and Emil Savić, Ivan Batur (29) has become new Gorica player. Together with the ones, that have remained here from the previous season – Borna Kapusta, Ivan Majcunić, Lorvo Mazalin and Ante Mašić, already a serious team has been built.

“I am extremely happy that we have reached an agreement swiftly and simply and also for the fact that I am coming to the club with clear goals and ambitions. Gorica is growing year by year and now it is perfectly clear, that it is positioned right behind Cibona and Zadar and next to Split in terms of quality. I am glad to be working with head coach Josip Sesar, with whom I have been in touch since last summer. I am happy to be a part of this story,” Batur told as he signed the agreement by the end of the season.

Batur is 203 cm tall swingman from Pridraga next to Zadar. He has made his first basketball steps at Zadar and afterwards he has been playing for squads like Zagreb, Rogaška, Zabok, Škrljevo and now Gorica.

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Novo pojačanje Gorice je Ivan Batur

Zadranin Ivan Batur u dosadašnjem tijeku karijere igrao je za matični Zadar, zatim za Zagreb, Rogašku, Zabok i Škrljevo, a sljedeću sezonu provest će u dresu Gorice. Trener Josip Sesar njegovim je dolaskom došao na korak do zaključenja rostera za napad na velike stvari u Drugoj ABA ligi.

Niz se nastavlja, košarkaši Gorice i dalje se pojačavaju, a slika momčadi za sljedeću sezonu svakim je korakom sve jasnija. Nakon Mate Kalajžića, Marka Bakovića, Kreše Ljubičića, Maja Kovačevića i Emila Savića, novi igrač Gorice postao je Ivan Batur (29). Uz one koji su ostali iz prošle sezone – Bornu Kapustu, Ivana Majcunića, Lovru Mazalina i Antu Mašića – sad je već stvoren ozbiljan kostur momčadi koja će nastupati u ABA ligi 2.

„Jako mi je drago što smo se brzo i prilično jednostavno sve dogovorili, ali i što dolazim u klub koji ima jasnu viziju i ambicije. Gorica raste iz godine u godinu i sad je već potpuno jasno da se pozicionirala odmah iza Cibone i Zadra, uz bok Splitu. Drago mi je i što ću raditi s trenerom Josipom Sesarom, s kojim sam bio u kontaktu i prošlog ljeta. Sve u svemu, veselim se što ću biti dio ove priče,“ rekao je Batur nakon što je potpisao ugovor do kraja sezone.

Batur je 203 centimetra visoki bek/krilo iz Pridrage pokraj Zadra, košarkaški je odrastao upravo u Zadru, a nakon toga put ga je vodio preko Zagreba, Rogaške, Zaboka i Škrljeva sve do Gorice.

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