Marcus Eriksson (basketball)

Marcus Eriksson

Marcus Eriksson (2021)
Personal information
Born	(1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 31) Uppsala, Sweden
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2015: 2nd round, 50th overall pick
Drafted by	Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	2010–2022
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Career history
2010–2011	Manresa
2011–2017	FC Barcelona
2011–2013	→FC Barcelona B
2013–2014	→Manresa
2017–2019	Gran Canaria
2019–2024	Alba Berlin
Career highlights
3× Bundesliga champion (2020–2022) 2× German Cup winner (2020, 2022) All-Bundesliga First Team (2020) Spanish Supercup winner (2015) Liga ACB All-Star Game 3 Point Shootout champion (2017) All-Liga ACB Young Players Team (2014)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Marcus Per Eriksson (born 5 December 1993) ^[1] is a Swedish former professional basketball player.

Early career

A native of Uppsala, Sweden, Eriksson left his country in 2010, to further his career at Bàsquet Manresa, in Spain. As a member of Manresa's youth team, he became the MVP of the L’Hospitalet's Junior Tournament in 2010, at the age of 16. ^[2]

Professional career

Europe

Eriksson made his professional debut in Spain's top-flight league, the ACB, with Manresa's senior men's team during the 2010–11 season. In 2011, he was signed by Spanish club FC Barcelona ("Barça"), and in his first years with Barcelona, he mainly played for their developmental farm team, FC Barcelona B. He returned to Manresa for the 2013–14 campaign, joining them on loan from Barcelona, before later heading back to Barça.

Eriksson missed the 2014–15 season, because of a torn ACL and torn meniscus. ^[3]

After Eriksson's rehab from a major injury suffered early in 2022 continued to not progress, he and Alba Berlin agreed to terminate his contract on January 11, 2024. He then continued his recovery back in his native Sweden.

NBA draft right

On 25 June 2015 Eriksson was selected with the 50th pick of the 2015 NBA draft, by the Atlanta Hawks. ^[4]

National team

Eriksson was involved with the Swedish junior national teams for a number of years. With Sweden's junior national teams, he played at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (Division B), the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. ^[5] In 2012, he had his first official appearance with the Swedish senior squad.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance index rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2015–16	Barcelona	3	0	7.7	.250	.000	—	.7	.3	.3	—	.7	-1.0
2016–17		22	3	9.9	.320	.353	—	1.2	.3	.4	.1	2.0	1.2
2018–19	Gran Canaria	29	6	18.6	.443	.415	.939	1.3	.8	.6	—	10.4	8.9
2019–20	Berlin	22	15	24.7	.466	.466	.813	2.0	.9	.7	.2	11.2	10.7
2020–21		22	14	23.3	.487	.443	.943	1.7	.7	.5	—	12.4	10.7
2021–22		13	13	24.8	.464	.430	.929	2.3	.8	.2	—	12.5	11.0
Career		111	51	19.5	.453	.431	.906	1.6	.7	.5	.1	9.3	8.1

Domestic Leagues

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010-11	Assignia Manresa	Liga ACB	4	1.2	.000	.000	.000	.3	.0	.0	.0	.0
2011-12	FC Barcelona		0	.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
2012-13			2	.1	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
2013-14	Assignia Manresa		33	23.9	.460	.375	.941	1.8	.8	.4	.2	11.2
2014-15	FC Barcelona		1	4.7	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
2015-16			24	9.3	.591	.340	.556	1.1	.4	.4	.0	3.4

References

1. "NBADraft.net profile". NBADraft.net. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
2. "Debutó en Manresa el sexto jugador más joven de la historia ACB: Eriksson, con 16 años". TuBasket.com. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
3. "FC Barcelona's Markus Eriksson suffers ACL and meniscus tear". Sportando.com. October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
4. "Hawks Draft Pair Of International Prospects In Second Round". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
5. Marcus Per ERIKSSON (SWE).

External links

• Marcus Eriksson at acb.com
• Marcus Eriksson ^{[ permanent dead link ]} at draftexpress.com
• Marcus Eriksson at eurobasket.com
• Marcus Eriksson at euroleague.net
• Marcus Eriksson at fiba.com (archive)