Zuzana_Žirková
Zuzana Žirková
Slovak former basketball player (born 1980)
Zuzana Žirková (born June 6, 1980)[1] is a Slovak basketball coach and former player.[2] Over the course of her career was named Slovak basketball player of the year eight times.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1980-06-06) June 6, 1980 (age 44) Bojnice, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Listed weight | 147 lb (67 kg) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2003: 2nd round, 21st overall pick |
| Selected by the Washington Mystics | |
| Playing career | 1996–2018 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 12 |
| Career history | |
| 1996–1998 | Delta Košice |
| 1998–2000 | SCP Ružomberok |
| 2000–2002 | GYSEV Ringa Šopron |
| 2002–2010 | Gambrinus SIKA Brno |
| 2003 | Washington Mystics |
| 2010–2011 | Good Angels Košice |
| 2011 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
| 2011–2018 | Good Angels Košice |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Zuzana Žirková was born on June 6, 1980, in Bojnice, Slovakia. She grown up in Prievidza, where she started to play basketball at local elementary school.
During her career she played for several Euroleague teams including SCP Ružomberok, GYSEV Ringa Šopron, Gambrinus SIKA Brno, UMMC Ekaterinburg and Good Angels Košice. She also played in WNBA for Washington Mystics.
Her final team was Good Angels Košice in 2018.[3]
Following her retirement from active playing, she became a coach of the Young Angels Košice team in Slovak extraliga. In 2022 she took over coaching of Slávia Banská Bystrica.[4]
Honours
- 8x Slovak basketball player of the year award (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015)
- 3x Euroleague Champion (1999, 2000, 2006)
- Top Scorer FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women (2000)
She debuted at FIBA World Championship for Women in 1998 when she was only seventeen years old. In July 2011 she announced her retirement from Slovak National Basketball Team.[5]
Žirková has one daughter, Dorota, born in 2013.[6]
In the 2003 WNBA Draft, the Washington Mystics selected point guard Zuzana Žirková with the 2nd pick, from 21st place overall.
Statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Washington | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zuzana Žirková". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- "Euroleague Player Profile". fibaeurope.
- "Dobrí anjeli v novej sezóne aj so Žirkovou a Kraayeveldovou". SITA+TASR. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- "Bývalá slovenská reprezentantka sa stala novou trénerkou Slávie Banská Bystrica". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- "ZUZANA ŽIRKOVÁ exkluzívne: Z dcéry basketbalistku nechcem mať". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2023.