Diego Kapelan

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Diego Kapelan
Free agent
Position Shooting guard / point guard
Personal information
Born (1987-07-08) July 8, 1987 (age 36)
Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian / Canadian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school King George
(Vancouver, British Columbia)
College McNeese State (2007–2011)
NBA draft 2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 Zrinjski Mostar
2012 ETB Wohnbau Baskets
2012–2013 Apollon Limassol
2013–2014 Kolossos Rodou
2014ETB Wohnbau Baskets
2014–2015 WBC Wels
2015–2017 Ourense
2017–2018 Melilla
2018 Šiauliai
2018–2019 St. John's Edge
2019 Soles de Mexicali
2019 Gimnasia Indalo
2019 Fraser Valley Bandits
2019–2020 Granada
2020–2021 Real Murcia
2021–2022 CD Povoa
2022–2023 Ionikos Nikaias
2023–2024 Panserraikos
Career highlights and awards

Diego Kapelan (born July 8, 1987) is a Bosnian-Canadian professional basketball player for PANSERRAIKOS of the Greek National League. He played college basketball for McNeese State.

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Early life and high school

Kapelan was born in Bihać, a city located in what is now known as Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Zdravko and Hedita Kapelan. [1] He attended King George Secondary School, a small high school in Vancouver, British Columbia. [2] As a senior, Kapelan averaged 32 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists per game and was named team most valuable player (MVP) for his fourth straight season, leading his team to a lower mainland championship. He also ran cross country, winning a provincial title, and played soccer as a striker. [3]

College career

In his freshman season for McNeese State, Kapelan averaged 7.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 17.8 minutes per game. [4] On February 9, 2008, he scored 24 points with 7 three-pointers in a 74–71 loss to Nicholls State. [5] Kapelan averaged 11.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game as a sophomore. [4] On February 18, 2009, he scored 37 points with a school-record 9 three-pointers to defeat Northwestern State. [6] In his junior campaign, Kapelan averaged 12.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. [4] In January 2010, he was named player of the week in the Southland Conference, shortly after scoring 31 points with 8 three-pointers against Rice. [7] As a senior, Kapelan averaged 14.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game. [4] He scored a career-high 39 points with 9 three-pointers in a February 19, 2011 win over Northwestern State. [8] He earned second-team All-Southland honors. [9]

Professional career

Kapelan played for Zrinjski Mostar of the Bosnian League and Balkan League in the 2011–12 season. Through 18 games, he averaged 14.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. [4] Kapelan scored a season-best 28 points on November 5, 2011, in an 85–77 win over Brotnjo. [10] In January 2012, he left Zrinjski Mostar to sign with ETB Wohnbau Baskets of the ProA, the German second-tier league. [11] Through 13 games in Germany, Kapelan averaged 16.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. [12] For the 2012–13 season, he joined Apollon Limassol of the Cypriot League and FIBA EuroChallenge. [13] Through 23 Cypriot League games, he averaged 12.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game, and through 6 EuroChallenge games, he averaged 9.7 points per game. [4] On January 8, 2013, Kapelan scored 25 points in a 96–92 win over APOEL. [14]

On March 8, 2013, he moved to Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. [15] After 7 games, he was averaging 6.4 points in 12.7 minutes per game. [4] On January 30, 2014, after 3 games for Kolossos Rodou in the 2013–14 season, Kapelan returned to German team ETB Wohnbau Baskets. [16] He scored 28 points on March 1, in a 109–103 win over VfL Kirchheim Knights. [17] On May 28, 2014, Kapelan signed with WBC Wels of the Austrian League. [18] Through 32 games, he averaged 13.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. [4] Kapelan scored 34 points with 6 three-pointers in a December 13 loss to Swans Gmunden. [19] He took part in the league All-Star Game and led his team to the finals, while earning all-league honorable mention accolades from basketball website Eurobasket.com. [12]

On September 16, 2015, Kapelan signed with Ourense of the LEB Oro, the second-tier Spanish league. [20] Through 35 games, he averaged 14.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. [4] On November 20, 2015, he scored 25 points with 6 three-pointers in a 71–62 win over Miraflores. [21] Kapelan remained with Ourense for the 2016–17 season, averaging 11.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game through 38 appearances. [4] On August 16, 2017, he signed with LEB Oro team Melilla. [22] After 48 games, he was averaging 11.3 points per game, leading Melilla to the playoff finals. [12]

Kapelan, on July 14, 2018, signed with Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League. [23] He left the team after only 6 games, scoring a season-high 11 points in a September 22 loss to Levski Sofia in Basketball Champions League qualification. [24] In November, Kapelan joined the St. John's Edge of the National Basketball League of Canada. [25] On November 18, 2018, in his Edge debut, he scored a team-best 22 points with 6 three-pointers in a 107–103 loss to the London Lightning. [26]

In March 2019, he left the Edge to sign with Mexican team Soles de Mexicali for the 2018–19 LNBP playoffs. [27]

On December 8, 2020, he signed with Real Murcia of the Spanish LEB Oro. [28] He subsequently spent the next season with Portuguese club CD Povoa.

On September 13, 2022, Kapelan signed with Greek club Ionikos Nikaias. In 9 league games, and in spite of an injury-plagued season, he averaged 10.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists, playing around 23 minutes per contest.

National team career

Kapelan is a dual citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada. [29] He joined the Bosnian national team in preparation for EuroBasket 2011 but did not make the final roster. [30] Kapelan joined Canadian team 3D Global Sports for the 2017 William Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan. He was named MVP after averaging 18 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 53.3% from the three-point line. [31]

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References

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  2. ↑ Tsumura, Howard (March 3, 2009). "Ex-King George Dragon Kapelan now a star at NCAA Div. 1 McNeese State". The Province . Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Diego Kapelan". McNeese State Cowboys . Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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  5. ↑ "Feb 9, 2008 - Nicholls State 74, McNeese State 71". RealGM. February 9, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Diego Kapelan scores a school record nine three point goals in leading Cowboys to 88-74 win over Northwestern State". McNeese State Cowboys. February 18, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kapelan named Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week". Southland Conference. January 4, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kapelan, McNeese shoot past Demons 78-62". Northwestern State Demons. February 20, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sam Houston's Gilberto Clavell named Southland Player of the Year". Southland Conference. March 8, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nov 5, 2011 - HKK Brotnjo 77, HKK Zrinjski Mostar 85". RealGM. November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Diego Kapelan u Essenu" (in Bosnian). SportSport. January 30, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
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  13. ↑ "Kapelan moves South". Heinrich Sports. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Jan 8, 2013 - ForexTime Apollon 96, APOEL Nicosia 92". RealGM. January 8, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Diego Kapelan joins Kolossos Rhodes". Court-Side. March 8, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
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  18. ↑ "Diego Kapelan secures move to Wels". Court-Side. May 28, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Dec 13, 2014 - Allianz Swans Gmunden 90, WBC Raiffeisen Wels 84". RealGM. December 13, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
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  21. ↑ "Nov 20, 2015 - San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos 62, Ourense Termal 71". RealGM. November 20, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  22. ↑ "El Club Melilla Baloncesto se hace con los servicios de Diego Kapelan" (in Spanish). Club Melilla Baloncesto. August 16, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
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  26. ↑ "Edge Fall Short in London". St. John's Edge. November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  27. ↑ "DIEGO KAPELAN ES EL ÚLTIMO REFUERZO DE SOLES DE MEXICALI PARA LOS PLAYOFFS" (in Spanish). Cancha Latina. March 7, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  28. ↑ "El Real Murcia ficha al veterano escolta Diego Kapelan para cubrir el hueco de Lozoya" (in Spanish). murciaplaza.com. December 8, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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