Jan Mocnik
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Jan Močnik is a Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

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 player.

Pro career

Močnik grew up in Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica ; 21,082 ; 31,000 ) is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy...

, where he playes for local team Nova Gorica in second national league of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

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He left Nova Gorica as loaned player in Kraški zidar in season 2003 and stayed there 3 years. Then he return to Nova Gorica.

Union Olimpija

In season 2007/08 he sign with Slovenian League, Adriatic League and Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

 club Union Olimpija
KK Union Olimpija
-Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir...

 for 3 years contact. During the season 2007/08 winning the Slovenian League championship and cup with them. In Euroleague averaged 1.1 and 0.7 rebounds and also 1.3 assists in 11 games. His statistics in the Adriatic League were arguably more impressive, considering that he played 9 minutes per game in that competition in 20 games; he averaged 2.4 points and 0.2 rebounds. He also played on Slovenian league All-Star 2007.

International career

Močnik was a member of Slovenian u-20 national team (played at the 2006 u-20 World Championship in Izmir).

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