Jaka Blažič


Jaka Blažič is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League, the ABA League and the EuroCup. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at,shooting guard/small forward.

Professional career

Blažič started his professional career in 2007 with Triglav Kranj. From 2009 to 2011 he played with Geoplin Slovan.
In July 2011, he signed a three-year deal with Union Olimpija.
On June 18, 2013, Blažič signed a three-year deal with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda. On September 14, 2015, he parted ways with the club.
One day later, on September 15, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Baskonia. On July 3, 2017, Blažič parted ways with Baskonia.
On July 16, 2017, Blazič signed with MoraBanc Andorra for the 2017–18 season. On August 9, 2018, Blazič signed a one-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
On July 20, 2019, Blazič signed a two-year contract with Cedevita Olimpija.

National team career

As a member of the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team, Blažič competed at the EuroBasket 2013 and 2014 FIBA World Cup. He also represented Slovenia at the EuroBasket 2015 where they were eliminated by Latvia in eighth finals.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Personal life

2014 traffic accident

In the early morning hours of Saturday, 4 October 2014, Blažič caused a traffic accident while driving under the influence, slamming his Volkswagen Golf into the back of a taxi vehicle while changing lanes at the corner of Nemanjina and Resavska streets in central Belgrade. No injuries were reported as the traffic patrol administered a breathalyzer test on the twenty-four-year-old KK Crvena zvezda basketball player, determining his blood alcohol level was above the 0.5‰ legal limit in Serbia. Several hours earlier, Friday evening 3 October 2014, Blažič had played in KK Crvena zvezda's opening game of the 2014–15 Adriatic League season versus Levski Sofia, an 85-55 blowout win in which he contributed 8 points including a spectacular dunk.
Later in the day, after paying the RSD16,000 fine to the misdemeanor judge, Blažič publicly apologized "to the taxi driver whose car I hit, as well as to my club and its fans" while his club Crvena zvezda fined him according to its own disciplinary code of conduct by reportedly docking the amount of two monthly salaries from his pay.