Mathieu Grujicic

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Mathieu Grujicic
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Grujicic with FC Barcelona B in 2025
No. 9–Ohio State Buckeyes
Position Shooting guard
League Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (2007-06-02) 2 June 2007 (age 18)
Arles, France
NationalityFrench/German
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Career information
College Ohio State (2025–present)
Playing career2025–present
Career history
2023–2025 FC Barcelona
2023–2025→FC Barcelona B

Mathieu Sacha Grujicic (born 2 June 2007), is a French-German college basketball player for Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference. He has also played in the German national team's youth teams. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), Grujicic plays in the shooting guard position.

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Early life and youth career

Grujicic was born in Arles, France in 2007. His family moved to Germany in 2012 and Grujicic started playing basketball in the youth ranks of Alba Berlin. Grujicic joined the FC Barcelona academy in the summer of 2023. [1] He played with Barcelona's reserve team, FC Barcelona B, in Tercera FEB, becoming an important player in the team. He also took part in the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament phase held in Ulm in February 2025, in which he was named MVP. [2]

College career

In June 2025, Grujicic joined the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA. [3] Regarded as a young prospect in European basketball, Grujicic's performance in the 2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket impressed before his debut with the Buckeyes. [4] [5]

Professional career

FC Barcelona (2023–25)

Grujicic made his professional debut in April 2025, while still a FC Barcelona B player. He played his first minutes for the FC Barcelona first team in a Liga ACB game against Dreamland Gran Canaria in the 2024-25 season. He had already been called up by the senior team in previous games, as other Barcelona youth players, due to the team's injury problems during the season. [1] [6]

Grujicic would go on to make his EuroLeague debut only a few days later, on 23 April 2025. It would be in a 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs game against AS Monaco at the Salle Gaston Médecin. He also saw game time in the second game of the series. [7] [8] His time at Barcelona ended in the summer of 2025, as he left to pursue college basketball in the United States. [3] As Grujicic left Barcelona, he was regarded by several media sources as one of the many basketball prospects that chose to leave Europe for the NCAA. [9] [10] [11] [12]

National team career

Grujicic has played in several international tournaments with the youth ranks of the German national team, playing for the U16 team in the 2023 U16 European Championship. [13] He also took part in the 2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket with the German U18 team. Grujicic was one of the team's statistical leaders, averaging 24.6 points over seven games and helping the Germans reach the quarterfinals. [14] [4] [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "El debut de Mathieu Grujicic amb el Barça". fcbarcelona.cat (in Catalan). 21 April 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mathieu Grujicic honored as NextGen Ulm MVP after Barcelona title". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Young prospect Mathieu Grujicic leaves Barcelona for Ohio State". basketnews.com. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 Lemons, Connor; Golba, Justin (8 August 2025). "You're Nuts: What to expect from Mathieu Grujicic". landgrantholyland.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Golba, Justin (19 August 2025). "Ohio State men's basketball player preview: Mathieu Grujicic". landgrantholyland.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Kind, Iker (21 April 2025). "¿Quién es Mathieu Grujicic? La 'perla' del Barça que ya ha debutado en Liga Endesa". sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Monaco draws first blood over Barcelona for a 1-0 lead". eurohoops.net. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Mathieu Grujicic". euroleaguebasketball.net. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Espinosa, Clàudia (3 June 2025). "Mathieu Grujicic, otra fuga de talento en el Barça". sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Duque, Nacho (3 June 2025). "Grujicic, otro joven talento que cambia el Barça por la NCAA". marca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Mathieu Grujicic, como Dame Sarr, abandona la cantera del Barça en dirección a la NCAA". elperiodico.com (in Spanish). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Pérez, Sergi (3 June 2025). "Otra 'perla' del Barça, rumbo a la NCAA". mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "German Men National Team U16/17 2023". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Harrison, Phil (26 July 2025). "Ohio State sharp shooter Mathieu Grujicic goes off for Germany in Eurobasket U18 Tourney". buckeyeswire-eu.usatoday.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Rodellar, Eloy (5 August 2025). "Es una animalada: el ex azulgrana Grujicic sorprende al mundo entero". mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
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