Darko Balaban (; born September 22, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Balkan of the Bulgarian NBL.
Professional career
Balaban grew up with KK Sport Key from Novi Sad where he played from 2003 to 2007 when he goes to Partizan. In 2010 he goes to Crvena zvezda where he stayed one season.
For the 2011–12 season he signed with KK Smederevo where he had great season and was named the MVP of the Basketball League of Serbia.
In March 2012 he signed with BKK Radnički for Serbian Super League but played only nine games and then left the team. Following season he started with Târgu Mureş, but left them in December 2012.
In October 2013, he signed with Vršac. He left them after only two games and signed with Feni Industries. In February 2014, he returned to Serbia and signed with his former team Smederevo.
In September 2014, he signed with the Hungarian club Naturtex SZTE-Szedeák for the 2014–15 season.
On October 1, 2015, he signed with the Greek club PAOK. However he left PAOK later that month after appearing in two league games and three Eurocup games. On December 2, 2015, he signed with Romanian club Dinamo București for the rest of the 2015–16 Liga Națională season.
On November 16, 2017, he signed with Borac Čačak for the rest of the 2017–18 season. On August 18, 2018, he signed with Club Melilla Baloncesto of the LEB Oro.
In the 2021–22 season, he played for Kouchin Amol of the Iranian Basketball Super League.
In July 2022, Balaban joined the Rwandan team APR of the Rwanda Basketball League.
References
External links
Darko Balaban at aba-liga.com
Darko Balaban at eurobasket.com
Darko Balaban at euroleague.net
Darko Balaban at fiba.com
1989 births
Living people
ABA League players
BC Balkan Botevgrad players
Basketball League of Serbia players
Centers (basketball) Club Africain basketball players Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games KK Borac Čačak players KK Partizan players KK Crvena zvezda players KK Smederevo players KK Vršac players Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Serbia Melilla Baloncesto players P.A.O.K. BC players BKK Radnički players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece Serbian expatriate basketball people in Hungary Serbian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain Serbian expatriate basketball people in Tunisia Serbian men's basketball players Basketball players from Novi Sad SZTE-Szedeák players Universiade bronze medalists for Serbia Universiade medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade APR B.C. players