Duşan Cantekin

Duşan Cantekin
No. 17 – Gaziantep Basketbol
PositionCenter
LeagueTBL
Personal information
Born (1990-06-21) June 21, 1990 (age 34)
Kragujevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityTurkish / Serbian
Listed height2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
Listed weight112 kg (247 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2009Pertevniyal
2009–2012Anadolu Efes
2010→ Mersin
2011–2012→ Mega Vizura
2012–2014Banvit
2012–2013→ Bandırma Kırmızı
2014–2015Mega Vizura / Leks
2015İstanbul BB
2015–2016Galatasaray
2016–2017Trabzonspor
2017–2018Yeşilgiresun Belediye
2018–2019Beşiktaş
2019–2020Frutti Extra Bursaspor
2021–2022Gaziantep Basketbol
2022–2023Pınar Karşıyaka
2023–presentGaziantep Basketbol
Career highlights and awards

Duşan Cantekin (born Dušan Gavrilović; Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Гавриловић; born June 21, 1990) is a Serbian-born Turkish professional basketball player for Gaziantep Basketbol of the Turkish Basketball First League (TBL). Standing at 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in), he plays at the center position.

Professional career

In 2009, Cantekin signed with Anadolu Efes. As a member of Efes, he was on loan with Mersin[1] and Mega Vizura.[2]

On August 2, 2012, Cantekin signed with Banvit.[3]

On September 17, 2014, he signed with his former team Mega Vizura.[4] On January 20, 2015, he left Mega and returned to Turkey where he signed with İstanbul BB.[5]

On October 6, 2015, he signed with Galatasaray for the 2015–16 season.[6]

On August 15, 2016, he signed with Trabzonspor for the 2016–17 season.[7]

On August 7, 2017, he signed with Yeşilgiresun Belediye for the 2017–18 season.[8]

On September 5, 2018, he signed with Beşiktaş for the 2018–19 season.[9]

On December 19, 2019, he has signed with Frutti Extra Bursaspor of the Turkish Super League (BSL).[10]

On July 1, 2021, he has signed with Gaziantep Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[11]

On August 7, 2022, he has signed with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[12]

On July 22, 2023, he signed with Gaziantep Basketbol of the Turkish Basketball First League (TBL).[13]

Turkish national team

He was also a regular Turkey youth national team player.

References

  1. ^ "Kocaoglu moves to Antalya; Cantekin to Mersin". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. ^ "Efes Pilsen sends on loan to Mega Vizura Dusan Cantekin". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  3. ^ "Banvit BK adds size with Dusan Cantekin". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  4. ^ Dušan Čantekin signed with Mega Vizura
  5. ^ "Dusan Cantekin signs with IBB". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  6. ^ "Galatasaray adds size with Dusan Cantekin". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  7. ^ "Dusan Cantekin inks with Trabzonspor". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  8. ^ Yesilgiresun signs three new players: Dusan Cantekin, Tomislav Gabric and Ivan Marinkovic
  9. ^ "Duşan Cantekin Beşiktaş'ta" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. September 5, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  10. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (December 19, 2019). "Bursaspor signs Dusan Cantekin". Sportando. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Duşan Cantekin Gaziantep'te" (in Turkish). basketfaul. July 1, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  12. ^ "Dusan Cantekin Karşıyaka'da" (in Turkish). basketfaul. August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  13. ^ "Hasan Emir, Erkin ve Dusan Gaziantep'te" (in Turkish). basketfaul. July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.