Miha Lapornik (born 18 October 1993) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for CD Estela of the Primera FEB. He is a 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall shooting guard.
 Lapornik with Slovenia in 2016 | |
| No. 31 – CD Estela | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Primera FEB |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 18 October 1993 Celje, Slovenia |
| Nationality | Slovenian |
| Listed height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2015 | Zlatorog Laško |
| 2015–2016 | Olimpija |
| 2016–2017 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2017 | Zlatorog Laško |
| 2018 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca |
| 2018–2019 | Olimpija |
| 2019–2020 | Pieno žvaigždės |
| 2020–2021 | Heroes Den Bosch |
| 2021 | DEAC |
| 2022 | Zlatorog Laško |
| 2022 | Krka |
| 2022–2023 | Patrioti Levice |
| 2023–2025 | San Pablo Burgos |
| 2025–2026 | Twarde Pierniki Toruń |
| 2026–present | CD Estela |
| Career highlights | |
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Professional career
editLapornik started playing professional basketball for Zlatorog Laško.
On 27 July 2015, Lapornik signed a three-year contract with Union Olimpija.[1]
In July 2016, he parted ways with Union Olimpija and signed a one-year contract with an option to extend it for one more year with Spanish team Bilbao Basket .[2]
In October 2017, he signed an open contract with Zlatorog Laško.[3]
In January 2018, Lapornik signed with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca out of Romania.[4]
On 26 June 2018, he signed a contract with Petrol Olimpija.[5]
He spent the 2019–20 season with Pieno žvaigždės in Lithuania, averaging 13.3 points per game.
On 25 July 2020, Lapornik signed with Heroes Den Bosch until 2022.[6] He was named to the All-DBL Team for the 2021–22 season.[7]
On 5 July 2021, Heroes announced Lapornik had signed with DEAC in Hungary. He was offered a better contract, allowing him to leave early out of his contract.[8]
After a brief spell with Zlatorog in January 2022, where he stayed for only nine days and played one match, Lapornik joined the ABA League team Krka on 14 January 2022.[9]
In summer 2022, he signed with Patrioti Levice of the Slovak Basketball League.
On July 13, 2025, he signed with Twarde Pierniki Toruń of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[10]
In January 2026, he signed for CD Estela of the Primera FEB.[11]
International career
editLapornik made his debut for the Slovenian national team on 31 August 2016, in the EuroBasket 2017 qualification game against Kosovo.[12]
References
edit- ↑ BC Union Olimpija Ljubljana signs Miha Lapornik.
- ↑ Miha Lapornik parted ways with Olimpija and joined Bilbao.
- ↑ signs an open contract with Zlatorog Lasko.
- ↑ "U-Banca Transilvania lands Miha Lapornik". Sportando.com. January 2, 2018.
- ↑ Petrol Olimpija inks Miha Lapornik.
- ↑ Lupo, Nicola (July 25, 2020). "Miha Lapornik signs with Heroes Den Bosch". Sportando. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "Miha Lapornik verlaat Heroes Den Bosch - Heroes Den Bosch - Basketball". Heroes Den Bosch. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ↑ "Miha Lapornik po kratki epizodi v Laškem že v Novem mestu". Delo (in Slovenian). 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "Słoweniec wzmacnia Arriva Polski Cukier". plk.pl (in Polish). July 13, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ↑ "Miha Lapornik, experiencia y calidad contrastada para el perímetro de Grupo Alega Cantabria". plk.pl (in Polish). January 11, 2026. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ |tab=boxscore_statistics Slovenia-Kosovo boxscore.