Rašid Mahalbašić

Rašid Mahalbašić

Mahalbašić playing for the Austrian national team
No. 42 – Cedevita Olimpija
Position	Center / power forward
League	ABA League Slovenian League Eurocup
Personal information
Born	7 November 1990 Jesenice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian / Austrian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2010	Wörthersee Piraten
2010–2011	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2010–2011	→Tofaş
2011	→Split
2012	Zlatorog Laško
2012–2013	Asseco Prokom
2013–2014	ČEZ Nymburk
2014–2015	Astana
2015–2016	Nizhny Novgorod
2016	Yeşilgiresun Belediye
2016–2017	Real Betis Energía Plus
2017–2021	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2021	Monaco
2021–2022	Breogán
2022–2023	San Pablo Burgos
2023–present	Cedevita Olimpija
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Bundesliga First Team (2019, 2020) All-VTB United League Second Team (2016) Czech National Cup winner (2014) Austrian Bundesliga All-Star (2009–2010) All-Kazakh League First Team (2015) Kazakh League champion (2015)

Rašid Mahalbašić (born 7 November 1990) is a Slovenian-born Austrian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Adriatic League and the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he can play at power forward and center positions.

Professional career

Mahalbašić played with Kelag Wörthersee Piraten of the Austrian Bundesliga. In February 2010, he was on try-out at Montepaschi Siena from Italian Serie A.

In September 2010, Mahalbašić signed a six-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker of the Turkish Basketball League.

Mahalbašić was loaned to Tofaş S.K. between December 2010 to February 2011 where he played 10 games. He played with 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 blok performance against Fenerbahçe Ülker.

He came back to Fenerbahçe Ülker after Mirsad Türkcan's shock injury, then he was loaned again, to KK Split of Croatia for the rest of the 2010–11 season.

In January 2012, Mahalbašić parted ways with Fenerbahçe, and signed with Slovenia's Zlatorog Laško for the rest of the 2011–12 season.

On September 21, 2012, he signed with Asseco Prokom Gdynia of the Polish Basketball League for the 2012–13 season.

On July 20, 2013, Mahalbašić signed a two-year deal with ČEZ Basketball Nymburk of the Czech Republic National Basketball League.

For the 2014–15 season he signed with Astana, a team from the VTB United League and Kazakh League.

On June 1, 2015, Mahalbašić signed a two-year contract with the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod. After one season he left Nizhny and on September 26, 2016, signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye. On December 5, 2016, he left Yeşilgiresun and signed with Spanish club Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the season.

On July 3, 2017, Mahalbašić signed with German club EWE Baskets Oldenburg.

On June 10, 2021, he signed with AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.

On August 3, 2022, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the LEB Oro.

On November 28, 2023, he has signed with Cedevita Olimpija of the Adriatic League and the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.

Austria national team

Mahalbašić averaged 15.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game, shooting 76% from the field goal and 53.3% on free throws, in 3 games with the Austrian national team in the qualifications for the Eurobasket 2009 Division B. when he won the tournament MVP.

Career statistics

Euroleague