Gašper Vidmar

Gašper Vidmar (born 14 September 1987) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) tall and plays the center position.

Professional career

Vidmar played in youth categories of Geoplin Slovan in Slovenia. He made his professional debut with Jance STZ in the Slovenian minors during the 2003–04 season; in 2005, he returned to Slovan.

In 2007, Vidmar signed a multi-year deal with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe. On 8 September 2009, he was loaned to Union Olimpija of his native Slovenia for the 2009–10 season.[1] On 2 April 2010 he returned to Fenerbahçe.[2]

On 11 August 2012, he was loaned to Beşiktaş for the 2012–13 season.[3]

For the 2013–14 season he returned to Fenerbahçe, but suffered a season-ending injury in early February 2014.[4][5] In October 2014, he signed with Darüşşafaka for the 2014–15 season.[6]

In July 2015, Vidmar joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2015 NBA Summer League.[7] However, he didn't make the roster and signed with Banvit on 15 July 2015.[8] He extended his contract by another two years on 28 June 2017.[9]

On 3 October 2018 Vidmar signed a deal with Italian club Reyer Venezia.[10]

On 15 January 2022 he announced his retirement from professional basketball.[11]

Slovenian national team

He was a Slovenia national team player and played over 100 times. He has been with national team in EuroBasket 2007, 2010 FIBA World Championship, and in EuroBasket 2017, when Slovenia came in 1st place.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
 RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
 BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game PIR Performance index rating
 Bold Career high

EuroLeague

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2007–08Fenerbahçe201812.9.538.5863.0.8.9.35.25.4
2008–09161214.8.469.3643.8.3.8.63.63.8
2009–10Union Olimpija10916.5.585.4093.1.3.4.15.75.0
2010–11Fenerbahçe4420.1.579.5714.81.51.08.510.3
2011–12151413.2.574.000.3892.6.1.4.14.13.0
2012–13Beşiktaş222122.0.597.000.3695.1.8.81.19.110.7
2013–14Fenerbahçe151315.7.596.000.4174.3.6.3.35.26.7
Career1029116.3.567.000.4193.8.5.7.55.86.3

EuroCup

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2015–16Banvit181722.2.675.3126.0.9.7.69.913.1
2019–20Reyer Venezia15312.8.612.3493.3.9.4.45.06.3
2020–218211.0.600.7692.3.3.5.44.34.8
Career412216.6.650.3684.3.8.5.57.09.0

References

  1. "Union Olimpija gets big man Gasper Vidmar". EuroLeague. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  2. Carchia, Emiliano (2 April 2010). "Vidmar left Lubiana. The Slovenian team to close?". Sportando. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  3. Carchia, Emiliano (11 August 2012). "Besiktas officially signs Gasper Vidmar". Sportando. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  4. Carchia, Emiliano (14 August 2013). "Gasper Vidmar will stay with Fenerbahce". Sportando. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  5. "Fenerbahce's big man Vidmar out with knee injury". EuroLeague. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  6. "Gašper Vidmar ponovno v tekmovalnem pogonu" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  7. Eichenhofer, Jim (2 July 2015). "New Orleans Pelicans summer roster includes four players with official NBA experience". National Basketball Association. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  8. "Gasper Vidmar Banvit'te" (in Turkish). 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  9. Carchia, Emiliano (28 June 2017). "Banvit signs Gasper Vidmar to a two-year contract extension". Sportando. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  10. Carchia, Emiliano (3 October 2018). "Reyer Venezia signs Gasper Vidmar". Sportando. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  11. "Former EuroBasket champ Gasper Vidmar announces career finale". BasketNews. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2025.