Jaka Blažič (born June 30, 1990) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at , he plays the shooting guard and small forward positions. Early life Born in the town of Jesenice in a family of athletes—skiing coach father Dušan Blažič and mother Ksenija who had formerly played volleyball—young Jaka took up basketball early. His younger sister Pia is a professional volleyball player. Professional career Blažič started his professional career in 2007 with Triglav Kranj. From 2009 to 2011 he played with Geoplin Slovan. In July 2011, he signed a three-year deal with Union Olimpija. On June 18, 2013, Blažič signed a three-year deal with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda. On September 14, 2015, he parted ways with the club. One day later, on September 15, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Baskonia. On July 3, 2017, Blažič parted ways with Baskonia. On July 16, 2017, Blazič signed with MoraBanc Andorra for the 2017–18 season. On August 9, 2018, Blazič signed a one-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. On July 20, 2019, Blazič signed a two-year contract with Cedevita Olimpija. On June 2, 2022, he has signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). National team career As a member of the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team, Blažič competed at the EuroBasket 2013 and 2014 FIBA World Cup. He also represented Slovenia at the EuroBasket 2015 where they were eliminated by Latvia in eighth finals. He was part of the national team at the 2017 EuroBasket and 2020 Summer Olympics where Slovenia took gold and fourth place, respectively. Career statistics EuroLeague |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Union Olimpija | 10|| 1 || 14.2 || .350 || .182 || .600 || 2.4 || .4 || .2 || .0 || 3.6 || 2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13 | 10 || 9 || 28.3 || .373 || .278 || .731 || 4.0 || 1.9 || .5 || .0 || 12.4 || 10.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Crvena zvezda | 10 || 2 || 19.7 || .462 || .345 || .750 || 3.5 || 1.1 || .9 || .2 || 10.3 || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | 24 || 10 || 21.4