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Boban Marjanovic (born August 15, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally and in 2015 he was named to the Euroleague All-NBA First Team.
Boban Marjanovic has starred in many films. He is married to Milica Krstic and they have children. They were in love for six years before they got married.
Serbian professional basketball player
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 Boban Marjanovic: History, Biography, Photos |
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| Name: | Boban Marjanovic |
| Date of Birth: | August 15, 1988 (36 years old) |
| place of birth: | Borevac, Serbia |
| Country of Citizenship: | Serbia |
| high: | 2.24 m |
| parents: | Smilya Marjanovich |
| Brothers and sisters: | not applicable |
| Wife • Spouse: | Milica Krstic ( m. 2014) |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | not applicable |
| Children: | Vuk Marjanovic, Pera Marjanovic |
| Profession: | Actor • Basketball player |
| net worth: | $8 million |
early life
Boban Marjanovic was born on August 15, 1988 in Borevac, Serbia to loving mother Smilja Marjanovic. He was born and raised in Borevac, eastern Serbia.
Although he had always been tall, the rest of his family was of normal height; his father was only 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters) tall. His gigantism was most likely caused by a pituitary disorder.
Boban Marjanovic initially played basketball for the youth team of Rtanj in Borevac. At the age of 14, he started playing for the Serbian professional team Hemofarm. He is 2.09 meters tall (6 feet 10 + 12 inches). He played in the youth division of the team until the 2005-2006 season.
Profession
In the second half of the 2005-06 Adriatic League season, Boban Marjanovic joined the first team of Hemofam and played for the team until January 2007, when he was loaned to Swisslion Takovo in the Serbian League, where he played for half a season before returning to Hemofam.
At the request of Dusko Vujovic, Boban Marjanovic signed a three-year contract with CSKA Moscow in the summer of 2010. After Dusko Vujovic was fired, he lost his place in the CSKA Moscow first team. On December 31, 2010, he was loaned to Argiris until the end of the 2010–11 season.
In July 2011, he signed with FC Nizhny Novgorod, where he played for six months. In January 2012, he returned to Serbia and signed a loan agreement with Radnicki Kragujevac for the remainder of the 2011–12 season. In July 2012, he committed to Serbian team Mega Vizura for the 2012–13 season. He won the Serbian League MVP award.
On July 2, 2013, Boban Marjanovic signed a two-year contract with Red Star Belgrade. In December 2013, he won the MVP award for the 10th round of the Euroleague Basketball. In April 2014, he was selected to the All-NBA Team for the 2013-2014 ABA League season along with teammate DeMarcus Nelson.
Boban Marjanovic led his team to a 76–68 win over Galatasaray in the first game of the 2014–15 Euroleague, scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in 28 minutes. He was later named the Euroleague’s first-round Most Valuable Player. On November 22, 2014, against Galatasaray, in a 103–110 double-overtime loss, he finished with 23 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, with a final index rating of 39.
On April 9 of that year, he broke the record of 248 rebounds set by Mirsad Turkcan in the 2002-03 season, setting the record for the most rebounds in a single game in the Euroleague since the 2000-01 season. In addition, he scored 16 double-doubles in the Euroleague, breaking the record of 14 double-doubles set by Tanoka Beard in the 2004-05 season.
In 24 Euroleague games, Boban Marjanovic averaged a career-high 16.6 points, a league-high 10.7 rebounds and a record 25.67 PIR, the highest since the 2000-01 Euroleague season. On April 2, 2015, he was named to the 2014-2015 ABA All-America Team. Later that month, he contributed to the team’s victory in the 2014-15 season.
He was named the ABA League playoff MVP. In May 2015, he was selected to the All-Euroleague First Team. Boban Marjanovic’s club finished the regular season with a 13-1 record and first place, and on June 5, 2015, he was named the Serbian Super League MVP for the third consecutive year. Red Star won the 2014-15 Serbian League final, defeating Partizan Belgrade 3-0.
On July 17, 2015, Boban Marjanovic signed a one-year, $1.2 million contract with the San Antonio Spurs. On October 30, he played in his first NBA game, contributing 6 points and 5 rebounds to help the Spurs beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-75. On December 4, he was transferred to the Austin Spurs, San Antonio’s development league team.
On December 28, with Tim Duncan out due to injury, LaMarcus Aldridge scored just six points in a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Nevertheless, Boban Marjanovic scored 17 points on 7-of-7 shooting in 14 minutes to help his team win 101-95 over the Timberwolves and extend their home winning streak to 27 games (dating back to the 2014-15 season).
Two days later, in a Spurs win over the Phoenix Suns, he became the first player in Spurs history to grab 12 rebounds in 15 minutes. On January 21, 2016, he grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds in a 117-89 win over the Phoenix Suns.
Filmography
Boban Marjanovic played Jnis Krmi in the 2015 Serbian sports drama We Will Be World Champions.
In the 2019 American action film “John Wick: Chapter 3,” he played the assassin Ernest, who cited Dante’s “Divine Comedy” to fight John Wick (Keanu Reeves) in the New York Public Library.
He played the role of the Master in the 2021 Serbian TV comedy series Državni posa episode 1629. Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic have exchanged roles twice, and they both participated in the 2021 Goldfish commercial series.
He also appeared in an advertising campaign for State Farm Insurance.
Boban Marjanovic stars in the Netflix film Hustle, produced by LeBron James and Adam Sandler.
Personal life
In 2014, Boban Marjanovic married Milica Krstic. Before that, they had been dating for 6 years. So they are together and have two lovely children. He has a son named Vuk Marjanovic and a daughter named Pera Marjanovic.
net worth
Boban Marjanovic is a Serbian professional basketball player with a net worth of $8 million.
Social Media
- Instagram: @boban
- Twitter: @BobanMarjanovic
