Dardan Kapiti
| No. 35 – Trepça | |||||||||||||||
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| League | Kosovo Superleague Liga Unike FEC | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 22, 2000 Pristina, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kosovan | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| College | Florida Atlantic (2019–2022) Eastern Kentucky (2022–2023) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2023: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Kerasan | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Trepça | ||||||||||||||
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Dardan Kapiti (born March 22, 2000) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Trepça and member of the Kosovo national team.
Youth and college career
[edit]Kapiti started playing basketball with the youth team of Kerasan Pristina. In August 2017, he signed for the Dutch youth team of Apollo Amsterdam.[1] Kapiti later became part of the college teams Florida Atlantic Owls and Eastern Kentucky.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Kerasan (2016–2017)
[edit]Kapiti made his professional debut at the age of 16 in the 2016–17 Superleague season where he averaged 7.08 points in 13 games.[2]
Trepça (2023–present)
[edit]On August 6, 2023, Kapiti signed for Trepça of the Kosovo Superleague.[3] In the 2024-25 Champions League qualifiers, he averaged 10.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.0 assist in two games against Kervanos and Nymburk.
National team career
[edit]Kapiti played for Kosovo's under-16, under-18 and under-20 team.[1]
Kapiti debuted for the Kosovo national team on 28 June 2018 against Hungary in the 2019 World Cup qualification.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kapiti, ylli i Kosovës në SHBA". Epoka e Re (in Albanian). 4 October 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Dardan Kapiti Profile". realgm.com.
- ^ "Ekskluzive: Dardan Kapiti pritet të prezantohet sot te Trepça". Asisti Online (in Albanian). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Shkëlqeu ndaj Zvicrës, Dardan Kapiti beson se Kosova mund ta fitojë grupin". Koha Ditore (in Albanian). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at eurobasket.com
- Profile at espn.com
- Profile at ekusports.com
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Kosovo Albanians
- Basketball players from Pristina
- Kosovan men's basketball players
- Kosovan expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- Kosovan expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Centers (basketball)
- Apollo Amsterdam players
- Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball players
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball players
- KB Trepça players