David Jelínek

Czech basketball player

David Jelínek
No. 25 – UCAM Murcia
David Jelínek, playing with Morabanc Andorra.
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	(1990-09-07) September 7, 1990 (age 33) Brno, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2007	BBK Brno
2007–2012	Joventut Badalona
2007–2010	→Prat
2012–2013	Olin Edirne
2013–2014	Saski Baskonia
2014	Krasnye Krylia
2015	Uşak Sportif
2015–2016	Anwil Włocławek
2016–2022	Andorra
2022–present	UCAM Murcia

Career highlights and awards
All-Polish League Team (2016)

David Jelínek (born September 7, 1990) is a Czech professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Liga ACB. He is a 1.96 m (6'5") tall shooting guard-small forward. He also represents the senior Czech Republic national team.

Professional career

Jelínek grew up playing basketball with BBK Brno, a team in the Czech Republic. He moved to Spain for the 2007–08 season, signed by Joventut Badalona. In the summer of 2012, Jelínek signed a contract with the Turkish club Olin Edirne,^[1] and in January 2013, he left the Turkish club and signed with the Spanish club Caja Laboral,^[2] where he remained until July 2014.

In August 2014, he signed with the Russian team Krasnye Krylia.^[3] On January 2, 2015, he left Krylya and signed with Turkish club Uşak Sportif. for the rest of the season.^[4] On August 21, 2015, he signed with Polish club Anwil Włocławek, for the 2015–16 season.^[5] On July 5, 2016, he signed with MoraBanc Andorra, of the Spanish Liga ACB.^[6]

On July 10, 2022, he signed with UCAM Murcia of the Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League.^[7]

National team career

Jelínek is a member of the senior Czech Republic national team. He played with the Czech Republic at the 2013 EuroBasket and the 2015 EuroBasket.

References

^ David Jelinek signed with Olin Edirne in the Turkish TBL League.
^ CAJA LABORAL adds Jelinek, releases Oleson to Barcelona.
^ David Jelinek signs with Krasnye Krylya Samara.
^ "Usak signs David Jelinek and Hakan Demirel". Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
^ Anwil lands David Jelinek.
^ MoraBanc Andorra inks David Jelinek.
^ "David Jelínek refuerza el perímetro del UCAM Murcia | UCAM Deportes". www.ucamdeportes.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.