Kristina Benić


Kristina Benić is a Croatian female professional basketball player, who played for clubs in Croatia, England and Italy. She was also part of the Croatia women's national basketball team which played in the EuroBasket Women 2013.

Career

She played the 2006–07 season for Jolly JBS, winning the Croatian League and participating in the EuroCup Women that season. She played the 2008–09 EuroCup Women with Ragusa Dubrovnik. In 2010-11 she played the EuroCup Women with Novi Zagreb. In 2012 she is back at Šibenik Jolly and played 24 matches in the national championship, before moving in 2013 for another spell at Novi Zagreb. In March 2015 she played the final of the Croatian Cup with Ragusa Dubrovnik
In 2015 she sign with Italian club CUS Cagliari to play in the Serie A1. In 2016 she moved to England to play in the British League for the Nottingham Wildcats. In January 2017, she left England and returned to Italy where she signed with Cestistica Spezzina.
Ahead of the 2017-18 season, she sign with Basket Team Crema from Serie A2. She helped the team to win the Serie A2 Cup and is elected the Most Valuable Player in the finals.

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