TOFAŞ Basketball Team has signed Uros Trifunovic, one of the remarkable talents of Serbian basketball, as part of the 2024-2025 season roster structure. An agreement has been reached with Trifunovic, who played for Partizan, a Euroleague team, last season and is also a part of the Serbian National Team. Born in 2000, the young talent had averages of 19 points and 2.8 rebounds in 1.5 games in the Euroleague; 19 points and 5.9 rebounds in 2.7 games in the Adriatic League and 4 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.3 assist in 1 games in the Serbian League.
Uros Trifunovic was born in 2000, is 2.00 cm tall and can play both shooting guard (2) and small forward (3) / swingman positions. We believe that he will make a significant contribution to TOFAŞ Basketball Team with his ambition, determination and energy. We welcome Uros Trifunovic to our family and wish him success in the 2024-2025 season.
Who is Uros Trifunovic?
Born in Serbia on December 5, 2000, Uros Trifunovic started playing basketball at BC Mega Bemax, one of the long-established clubs in his country. Trifunovic, who is also the son of Serbian coach Aleksandar Trifunovic, played the 2017-2018 season in Turkey with Pınar KarşıyakaTrifunovic, who won the gold medal with Serbia in the U2018 European Championship held in 18, averaged 30 points, 10 assists and 4.4 rebounds in 2.3 minutes per game in this tournament. He attracted attention with his averages of 17 points, 4.6 assists and 3.2 rebounds in the BGL.
After this impressive performance, Uros was transferred to BC Partizan NIS Belgrade before the 2018-2019 season and started the 2019-2020 season at BC Mega Bemax Belgrade. Trifunovic returned to Partizan in November 2019, playing in 8 games in the Adriatic League with averages of 4.4 points and 1.3 rebounds; in 9 games in the Eurocup with averages of 5.4 points and 1.7 rebounds. In the 2020-2021 season, he played with Partizan with averages of 21 points and 5.9 rebounds in 1.6 games in the Adriatic League; in 5 games in the Serbian League with averages of 9.6 points and 1.4 rebounds; and in 14 games in the Eurocup with averages of 2.9 points and 1.3 rebounds.
Working with Zeljko Obradovic in the 2021-2022 season, Trifunovic finished the season with averages of 28 points and 4.3 rebounds in 1.4 games in the Adriatic League and 13 points and 5.2 rebounds in 2.1 games in the Eurocup. The talented player, who appeared in the Euroleague arena in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons, signed averages of 2022 points (2023% from three-point range) and 35 rebounds in 6.3 games with KK Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrad in the Adriatic League in the 44.8-1.4 season and 1.7 points (42.9% from three-point range) in the Euroleague. In the 2023-2024 season, he signed averages of 19 points and 2.8 rebounds in 1.5 games in the Euroleague; He averaged 19 points and 5.9 rebounds in 2.7 games in the Adriatic League and 4 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.3 assist in 1 games in the Serbian League.
Uros Trifunovic has been playing for the Serbian National Team since 2021 and has contributed to the team's success in the 2023 FIBA World Cup European qualifiers. He won the Adriatic League championship in 2023 and the Adriatic League Super Cup championship in 2024.
