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]

Professional career

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] [3]

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. Grujicic also saw game time in the second game of the series. [4] [5]

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. [6]

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. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Monaco draws first blood over Barcelona for a 1-0 lead". eurohoops.net. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mathieu Grujicic". euroleaguebasketball.net. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "German Men National Team U16/17 2023". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
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