Mateusz Ponitka

Early years

Ponitka started playing basketball in UKS Kasprowiczanka Ostrow Wielkopolski, before moving in 2009 to AZS Warsaw University of Technology. In his first season as a professional player, he appeared in 27 games of the Polish 2nd-tier League, averaging 7.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 18 minutes per game. He also appeared in four games of the Polish Cup, averaging 9 points per game. In September 2010, Ponitka took part in the Basketball Without Borders camp, held in Barcelona.^[2] He was named the MVP of the camp.^[3]

In the 2010–11 season, he had a bigger role in the team, which reflected on his stats. In April 2011, he took part in Nike Hoop Summit held in Portland, Oregon. He was the leading scorer of the World Select Team with 17 points in a 92–80 loss to the USA Team.^[4] Over the season, he averaged 11.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals over 34 games. His team eventually won the championship, this way promoting to the Polish League in the following season.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2011–12 season, due to his good performances, he was voted for the Polish League All-Star game with the most votes.^[5] In the game, he was the third scorer in his team with 13 points.^[6] In his final season with AZS Warsaw University of Technology, he averaged 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds.^{[citation needed]}

Asseco Prokom

On 27 March 2012, Ponitka signed a three-year deal with the Polish team Asseco Prokom.^[7] He also had an option to leave the team after two seasons. In the new team, his minutes were very limited, and the player had the averages of 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds for the rest of the season. However, his team won the Polish League championship, by defeating Trefl Sopot with 78–67 in the final series.^[8] In the 2012–13 season, his role in the team increased, as he averaged 8.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game over the season. He also played in the EuroLeague, averaging 8.8 points and 3.5 rebounds over 10 games.^{[citation needed]}

Telenet Oostende

On 4 August 2013, he signed a three-year contract with the Belgian team Telenet Oostende.^[9] In the 2013–14 and 2014–15 season his team won the Belgian League championship.^[10]

He went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft.

Zielona Góra

On 4 August 2015, he signed a contract with the Polish team Stelmet Zielona Góra.^[11] Ponitka was named the EuroCup Rising Star of the 2015–16 season.^[12]

Pınar Karşıyaka

On 8 August 2016, he signed a two-year deal with Turkish club Pınar Karşıyaka.^[13]

Lokomotiv Kuban

On 13 July 2018, he signed with Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban.^[14]

Zenit

On 4 July 2019, Ponitka signed a two-year contract with BC Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[15] In his debut season with the club, Ponitka averaged 9.1 points and 4.6 rebounds over 18 EuroLeague games, in a season that was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic. In second season with the club, he averaged 8.4 points, career-high 3.2 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game.

Ponitka stayed for 2021–22 season with the club as well. Although his playing time stayed the same, his scoring dropped by half almost and he finished the EuroLeague season with averages of 4.6 points, 2.6 assists and 5.2 rebounds over 20 games.

Pallacanestro Reggiana

On 17 August 2022, he signed a three-month deal with an option until the end of the season with Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).^[16] However, he did not stay more than a month with the club.

Panathinaikos

On 23 September 2022, Ponitka signed a one-year deal with Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. In a total of 27 EuroLeague games (6 starts), he averaged 8.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.9 turnovers, playing around 25 minutes per contest. Additionally, in 29 domestic league matches, he averaged 9.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1 steal and 2.4 turnovers, playing around 23 minutes per contest. On 5 July 2023, he parted ways with the Greek club.

Partizan

On 13 July 2023, Ponitka signed a two-year contract with the Serbian powerhouse Partizan Belgrade.^[17] Over 2023–24 season, Ponitka averaged career-low 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds over 26 EuroLeague games. The season was deemed to be unsuccessful for Partizan as they finished the season without lifting any trophy.^[18] On June 29, 2024, he announced he was parting ways with Partizan.

Bahçeşehir Koleji

On 23 July 2024, he signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[19] He renewed his contract with the team on 28 June 2025, signing a new one-year deal.^[20]

EuroLeague

EuroCup

Basketball Champions League

Domestic leagues

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Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009–10	Politechnika	I Liga	27	19.0	.458	.373	.609	3.6	.6	1.3	.2	7.4
2010–11	Politechnika	I Liga	34	25.4	.429	.301	.609	4.7	1.4	1.6	.1	11.7
2011–12	Politechnika	PLK	30	25.4	.533	.294	.671	4.6	1.3	1.4	.3	13.6
	Gdynia	PLK	16	8.9	.515	.375	.286	1.4	.2	.3	.1	2.6
2012–13	Gdynia	PLK	34	20.8	.410	.272	.707	4.2	.6	.8	.3	8.7
2013–14	Oostende	PBL	43	19.6	.449	.364	.653	2.9	1.2	1.6	.1	9.7
2014–15	Oostende	PBL	38	21.6	.525	.375	.702	3.2	1.5	1.1	.3	12.7
2015–16	Zielona Góra	PLK	41	23.4	.523	.383	.761	5.2	2.7	1.1	.2	10.5
2016–17	Karşıyaka	TBSL	28	31.2	.502	.297	.708	4.7	2.2	1.7	.2	13.2
2017–18	Canarias	ACB	33	25.2	.552	.273	.784	5.6	1.4	.8	.1	13.7
2018–19	Lokomotiv Kuban	VTBUL	29	24.4	.638	.407	.750	4.7	2.0	.9	.1	9.4
2019–20	Zenit	VTBUL	13	20.3	.507	.348	.750	4.1	1.7	.4	.1	8.1
2020–21	Zenit	VTBUL	19	21.6	.552	.410	.652	3.7	2.4	1.2	.2	8.6
2021–22	Zenit	VTBUL	11	21.7	.436	.429	.607	3.5	4.6	1.0	—	5.2
2022–23	Panathinaikos	GBL	27	23.3	.519	.375	.752	4.4	3.1	1.0	.1	9.8
2023–24	Partizan	KLS	4	22.5	.615	.571	.667	2.7	2.7	1.0	.2	7.5
2023–24	Partizan	ABA	29	16.9	.596	.421	.846	3.3	1.7	.9	.0	6.1

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