Serbian basketball player Jarić Marco: biography, sports career, personal life

One of the brightest personalities of the basketball sky is the famous Serbian athlete Marco Jarić. About his career, successes in basketball and personal life we will tell in this article.

Childhood and youth of the athlete

The future well-known basketball player Jaric Marko was born on 12.10.1978 in the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, in the family of professional basketball player Srechko Yarich.
It is not surprising that the son followed in the footsteps of his father and from an early age began to engage in this sport. The future champion made his first steps in basketball in the clubs of the city of Belgrade: "Crvena Zvezda", "Radnichki".

His professional career as a basketball player, Jarić Marco began when he was 18 years old. The athlete moved to Greece and began to play in the club "Peristeri". The youngest basketball player won his first title in 1998, speaking as part of the Yugoslav national youth team at the European Championship.

Playing in the Euroleague

Jarić Marco, having played 2 seasons in Greece, decided to try his luck in the NBA and put himself on the draft. However, soon the basketball player withdrew his candidacy and moved to Italy. Here, Jaric became a player of the Bologna club "Fortitude". In 2000, as part of this team, Jaric Marko won the national title.

Wanting to change, the athlete once again nominated himself for the draft of the National Basketball Association. In the second round, he was chosen by the Los Angeles Clippers. However, again the basketball player remains in Europe. Jaric Marco, whose biography abounds in many contracts, begins to play for another Bologna club - Virtus. Speaking in defense in a pair with the Argentinean E. Zhinobili, the basketball player is already a part of "Virtus" again becomes the champion of Italy.

In 2001, the sportsman, as a player of the Yugoslav national basketball team, became the European champion. The following year brought victory at the World Championships.

As part of the "Los Angeles Clippers"

In 2002, as a result of a new contract, Marco changes the club and starts playing for the Los Angeles Clippers. His first game here is a match that took place on the eve of the NBA Stars Match, between the novice team and the second team.

For the Los Angeles Clippers, M. Jaric played 3 seasons in the starting five. In many matches the basketball player could not take part because of the injuries. In 2005, the club gave him and another player to the team of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Further career in the NBA

In the new basketball team, Jarić played three seasons. In the "Minnesota Timberwolves" he was then the main, then the reserve defender. The results shown by the basketball player left much to be desired. As a result, in 2008, during the transaction with the club Memphis Grizzlies, players were exchanged. This change affected, with the remembrance of Marco, eight more players, the most promising of them were Jay Mayo, Kevin Love. Playing in the debut season for the team "Grizzlies", M. Jaric has never played in the starting five.

In 2009, the famous basketball player enters into a new contract with the Spanish club Real Madrid. Here he again plays under the guidance of the former coach - the famous Ettore Messina. As a result, in the 2009-2010 game season, M. Jarych not only did not play for the American "Memphis Grizzlies", but did not even attend team training. The contract concluded with Grizzlies was terminated by agreement of both parties. In 2011, the athlete moves to the Italian "Siena".

Personal life

The attention of many fans attracts the personal life of the famous basketball player. His novel with the world-famous supermodel Adriana Lim was watched by all the fans. In 2008, after meeting about 3 years, the couple became engaged.

Adriana Lima is recognized as one of the prettiest women of our planet. The Brazilian model is known as one of the "angels" of a major company producing women's underwear Victoria's Secret. She is a participant of the most famous world fashion shows Fashion Show.

In 2009, Valentinov day to the delight of his admirers Adrian Lim and Marco Jarych combined legal marriage. The wedding ceremony held in Wyoming was rather modest.

The happy spouses had two children in their marriage. In 2009, the daughter of Valentine appeared, and in 2012 - Sienna Lima-Jaric.

Marco Jarych, whose photo surrounded the family appeared in all the famous magazines, was very happy.

After the birth of the children, Adriana continued her professional activities. In 2011, she took the 4th place in the ranking of the most highly paid models. She was actively engaged in charitable activities. For the poor families of Salvador (hometown supermodel), she bought clothes, donated large sums of money for the orphanage.

Unexpected and sad for many fans of celebrities was the news of the upcoming divorce of a star couple. After 5 years of marriage, a famous top model and a titled basketball player decided to part ways. They said that this circumstance would not prevent them from jointly raising their daughters. Divorce proceedings took place in 2016.

After parting with Adriana, the media reported that Marco meets with the top model Dushikoy Savich. Lima, too, was seen at one of the social events with another man. However, it is known that the last day of St. Valentine's ex-husband and wife spent in company with each other in the Bahamas.

Titles of basketball players

For his sports career, basketball player Marco Jarić only once became champion of Europe. 2 times in a row in the different teams won the championships in Italy. Was in 2001 the champion of the Euroleague, and in 2002 - the world. He also noted a number of contracts with successful clubs of the Old World, in which he performed at various prestigious championships. This basketball player is really talented and there is no doubt that he is still waiting for the main sport achievements.