Stefan Peno
 Peno in 2023 | |
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 3, 1997 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian / Guyanese |
| Listed height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2017 | Barcelona |
| 2013–2016 | → Barcelona B |
| 2017–2021 | Alba Berlin |
| 2020–2021 | → Rasta Vechta |
| 2021 | → Labas Gas Prienai |
| 2021–2022 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2022–2023 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
| 2023 | Maroussi |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals | |
Stefan Peno (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Пено, born 3 August 1997) is a Serbian-Guyanese professional basketball player who last played for Maroussi of the Greek Basket League. Standing at a height of 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), he plays at the point guard position.
Professional career[edit]
The son of a Guyanese mother and a Serbian father,[1] Peno began playing basketball with the junior youth teams of OKK Belgrade. He joined the youth teams of FC Barcelona in the 2011–12 season. He made his professional debut with the reserve team of FC Barcelona, FC Barcelona B, in the Spanish 2nd-tier level LEB Oro, during the 2013–14 season.
During the 2014–15 season, he continued to play with the reserve team of FC Barcelona, FC Barcelona B, but spent that season competing in the Spanish 3rd-tier level LEB Plata. That same season, he also played in just one game in the Spanish top-tier level Liga ACB, with the main senior men's club team of FC Barcelona.[2] He spent the 2015–16 season with FC Barcelona B, playing once again in the Spanish 2nd-tier level LEB Oro.
Peno made his EuroLeague debut with Barcelona, on 14 October 2016, in a win against UNICS Kazan.[3]
On 22 August 2017, Peno signed a three year deal with ALBA Berlin, with an option to return to FC Barcelona after the first season.[4] Peno won the German double with Alba in 2020, winning both the Basketball Bundesliga and BBL-Pokal.
On 7 August 2020, Peno extended his contract until 2022 and was loaned to Rasta Vechta.[5]
On 1 December 2021, Peno signed with Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB.[6]
On 1 July 2022, Peno signed with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League and the EuroCup.[7] He left the team on 17 April 2023.[8]
On 9 August 2023, Peno signed with Maroussi of the Greek Basket League. On 31 December of the same year, he amicably departed the club for personal reasons.
Serbian national team[edit]
Peno has been a member of the junior national teams of Serbia. With the junior national teams of Serbia, he has played at the following tournaments: the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a silver medal and was voted to the All-Tournament Team and named MVP, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a silver medal, the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[9]
Honours and titles[edit]
Club[edit]
- Alba Berlin
References[edit]
- ^ "Stefan Peno: sueño cumplido". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Basic Statistics 2014/15 ACB.
- ^ UNICS KAZAN 63 FC BARCELONA LASSA 69 OCTOBER 14, 2016.
- ^ "Stefan Peno, signs for three seasons with ALBA". eurocupbasketball.com. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Alba Berlin re-sign Stefan Peno, loans him to Rasta Vechta". Sportando.
- ^ "Stefan Peno (ex Prienai CBet) joins Bilbao". Eurobasket. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Lietkabelis to sign Stefan Peno". Sportando. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Peno palieka "7bet-Lietkabelį"". kklietkabelis.lt (in Lithuanian). 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ Stefan PENO (SRB) participated in 6 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
External links[edit]
- Stefan Peno at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Stefan Peno at draftexpress.com
- Stefan Peno at eurobasket.com
- Stefan Peno at euroleague.net
- Stefan Peno at archive.fiba.com
- Stefan Peno on Instagram
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Alba Berlin players
- Basketball players from Belgrade
- BC Lietkabelis players
- BC Prienai players
- Bilbao Basket players
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet B players
- Guyanese men's basketball players
- Maroussi B.C. players
- Point guards
- SC Rasta Vechta players
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian people of Guyanese descent