Enis Murati (born 2 August 1988) is a Kosovan-Austrian basketball player who plays as a small forward.
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| Born | 2 August 1988 Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kosovan / Austrian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2015 | Swans Gmunden | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Leuven Bears | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Swans Gmunden | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | BC Vienna | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editBorn in Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia to ethnic Albanian parents, Murati moved to Subotica, Serbia with his family. He played for the youth team of Spartak Subotica.[1]
Professional career
editMurati, who came to Austria in 2006,[2] made his first brief appearances for Swans Gmunden in the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga during the 2006/07 season and helped them win the championship title. In the following years, he developed into the team's key player. In 2010 and 2011, Murati was named the Bundesliga player who had developed the best in a single season by the internet portal eurobasket.com.[3][4] In 2010, he won the championship title again with Gmunden.
Murati spent the 2015/16 season with the Belgian first division team Leuven Bears.[5] He returned to Gmunden for the 2016/17 season.[6] In 2021, Murati was named Most Valuable Player of the Season after leading Gmunden to the championship title and averaging 18.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 35 season games.[7][8] In the summer of 2021, he joined BC GGMT Vienna, which was described by his new club as a "sensational transfer".[9] He won the Austrian championship title and the cup competition with the team in the 2021/22 season.[10]
In 2023, he switched to the 3x3 format.[11]
National team career
editIn 2014, Murati was in the Austrian national team squad for the first time after receiving Austrian citizenship the previous year.[12] He played a total of 42 international matches.[11] At the 2024 edition of the 3x3 Europe Cup, which took place on the Kaiserwiese in Vienna's Prater, he won the European Championship title together with Nico Kaltenbrunner, Toni Blazan and Fabio Söhnel.[13]
Personal life
editMurati studied biology at the University of Salzburg.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Enis iz Prištine oteo Srbiji pehar prvaka Evrope: Šokirao naciju, a u Beogradu pričao čist srpski". mondo.rs. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ^ "Die lange Reise des Enis Murati". Der Standard. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "A-Bundesliga 2009-2010". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "A-Bundesliga 2010-2011". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Enis Murati von Gmunden in erste belgische Liga". Der Standard. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Enis Muratis Rückkehr freut ihn und die Fans". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Basketball: Swans Gmunden zum fünften Mal Meister". Die Presse. May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "Enis Murati". Österreichischer Basketballverband (in German). Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "Sensationstransfer – Enis Murati wechselt zum BC GGMT Vienna". BC GGMT Vienna. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "BC Vienna kürt sich in Gmunden zum BSL-Champion". Sky Sport Austria. May 31, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ a b "Enis Murati wechselt zum 3x3-Basketball". Puls 24 (in German). July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ "Enis Murati ist Österreicher". oebl.at. Archived from the original on July 18, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Das Wunder von Wien: Österreich ist Europameister im 3x3-Basketball". derstandard.at. August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ "Kaum das erste Studium abgeschlossen, begann Enis Murati schon sein zweites". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. Retrieved July 18, 2016.