Natan Jurkovitz
French basketball player
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Natan Jurkovitz (נתן ג'ורקוביץ; born April 4, 1995) is a French-Swiss-Israeli basketball player in the forward position.[1]
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| No. 99 – Fribourg Olympic | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Swiss Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | April 4, 1995 Poitiers, France | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2020 | Fribourg Olympic | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Lions de Genève | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Fribourg Olympic | ||||||||||||||
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Before he joined Lions de Genève, he played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier Basketball League.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Jurkovitz was born in Poitiers, France, and his hometown is Villars-sur-Glâne, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.[5][6][7][8] He is 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) tall, and weighs 220 pounds (100 kg).[8]
He first played for Fribourg Olympic in the Swiss Basketball League.[9] Jurkovitz then played for Lions de Genève, another team in the Swiss Basketball League.[2] He averaged 12.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists in the Swiss Basketball League in 2019–20.[2]
In August 2020, Jurkovitz left Lions de Genève to sign a three-year deal with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier Basketball League.[2]