One of the brightest personalities of the basketball horizon is the famous Serbian athlete Marco Jaric. We will tell about his career, success in basketball and his personal life in this article.
Athlete's childhood and youth
The future famous basketball player Jaric Marco was born on 10/12/1978 in the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, in the family of a professional basketball player Srechko Jaric.
It is not surprising that the son followed in the footsteps of his father and from an early age began to engage in this sport. The future champion made his first steps in basketball in the clubs of the city of Belgrade: “Crvena Zvezda”, “Radnichki”.
Jarich Marco began his professional career as a basketball player when he was 18 years old. The athlete moved to Greece and began to play in the club "Peristeri". The young basketball player won his first title in 1998, speaking as a member of the Yugoslav Youth Team at the European Championship.
Euroleague game
Jaric Marco, having played 2 seasons in Greece, decided to try his luck in the NBA and put himself on a draft. However, soon the basketball player withdrew his candidacy and moved to Italy. Here Jaric became a player in the Fortitudo Bologna club. In 2000, as part of this team, Jaric Marco won the country's champion title.
Wishing for change, the athlete again stood as a candidate for the draft of the National Basketball Association. In round 2, he was chosen by the Los Angeles Clippers club. However, again the basketball player remains in Europe. Jaric Marco, whose biography is replete with many contracts, begins to play for another Bologna club - Virtus. Speaking in defense in tandem with the Argentinean E. Zhinobili, the basketball player already in the "Virtus" again becomes the champion of Italy.
In 2001, the athlete, as a player of the Yugoslav basketball team, became the European champion. The following year brought victory to the World Cup.
As part of the Los Angeles Clippers
In 2002, as a result of a new contract, Marco changes the club and begins playing for the Los Angeles Clippers. His first game here is the match that took place on the eve of the NBA Stars Match, between the rookie team and the second-year team.
For “Los Angeles Clippers” M. Jaric played 3 seasons in the starting five. In many matches, the basketball player could not take part due to injuries. In 2005, the club gave him and another player to the Minnesota Timberwolves team.
Further career in the NBA
In the new basketball team, Jaric played 3 seasons. In Minnesota Timberwolves, he was either the primary or the backup defender. The results shown by the basketball player left much to be desired. As a result, in 2008, during a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies club, an exchange of players was made. This change affected, in addition to Marco, eight more players, the most promising of them were Jay Mayo, Kevin Love. Playing in the debut season for the Grizzlies team, M. Yarich has never played in the starting five.
In 2009, the famous basketball player enters into a new contract with the Spanish club Real Madrid. Here he again plays under the guidance of a former coach - the famous Ettore Messina. As a result, in the game season 2009-2010. M. Yarich not only did not play for the American Memphis Grizzlies, but did not even attend team training. The contract with the Grizzlies was terminated by agreement of both parties. In 2011, the athlete transferred to the Italian "Siena".
Personal life
The attention of many fans is attracted to the personal life of the famous basketball player. All his fans followed his romance with world-famous supermodel Adriana Lima. In 2008, having met for about 3 years, the couple became engaged.
Adriana Lima is recognized as one of the most beautiful women on our planet. The Brazilian model is known as one of the "angels" of Victoria's Secret, a large lingerie company. She is a participant in the most famous fashion shows of the world.
In 2009, on Valentine's Day, to the delight of their fans, Adrian Lima and Marco Jaric were married together. The wedding ceremony in Wyoming was fairly modest.
The happy spouses in the marriage had two children. In 2009, Valentina's daughter was born, and in 2012 - Sienna Lima-Yarich.
Marco Jaric, whose photo surrounded by his family appeared in all famous magazines, was very happy.
After the birth of children, Adriana continued her professional activities. In 2011, she took 4th place in the ranking of the highest paid models. She was actively involved in charity work. For poor families in El Salvador (hometown of a supermodel), she bought clothes, donated large sums of money for an orphanage.
Unexpected and sad for many fans of celebrities was the news of the upcoming divorce of the star couple. After 5 years of marriage, the famous top model and the titled basketball player decided to leave. They stated that this circumstance would not prevent them from raising their daughters together. The divorce proceedings took place in 2016.
After breaking up with Adriana, the media reported that Marco is dating top model Dusika Savich. Lima was also seen at one of social events with another man. However, it is known that the last Valentine's Day ex-husband and wife spent with each other in the company of the Bahamas.
Basketball Player Titles
During his sports career, the basketball player Marco Jaric only 1 time became the champion of Europe. 2 times in a row as a part of different teams he won the championships of Italy. In 2001 he was the champion of the Euroleague, and in 2002 - the world. He also noted a lot of contracts with successful clubs of the Old World, in which he performed at various prestigious championships. This basketball player is really talented and there is no doubt that he is still waiting for the main sports achievements.