{{Short description|Kosovan-Austrian basketball player (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Enis Murati | image = 20171127_FIBA_WCQ_2019_AUT-GER_Enis_Murati_850_7353.jpg | caption = Murati in 2017 | alt = | number = | team = | position = Small forward | league = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|08|02|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | nationality = Kosovan / Austrian | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | draft_league = | career_start = 2006 | years1 = 2006–2015 | team1 = Swans Gmunden | years2 = 2015–2016 | team2 = Leuven Bears | years3 = 2016–2021 | team3 = Swans Gmunden | years4 = 2021–2023 | team4 = BC Vienna | highlights = *2x Austrian Basketball Bundesliga champion (2006, 2007) *2x Austrian Basketball Superliga champion (2021, 2022) *5x Austrian Cup winner (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2022) *4x Austrian Supercup winner (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) *FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup winner (2024) | bbr = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's 3x3 basketball}} {{MedalCountry | {{3x3|AUT}} }} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup}} {{MedalGold| 2024 Vienna | }} }} '''Enis Murati''' (born 2 August 1988) is a Kosovan-Austrian basketball player who plays as a small forward.
==Early life== Born in Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia to ethnic Albanian parents, Murati moved to Subotica, Serbia with his family. He played for the youth team of Spartak Subotica.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mondo.rs/Sport/Kosarka/a1968966/enis-murati-poceo-da-igra-u-srbiji-pa-sokirao-nase-basketase.html|title=Enis iz Prištine oteo Srbiji pehar prvaka Evrope: Šokirao naciju, a u Beogradu pričao čist srpski|work=mondo.rs|accessdate=2024-11-07}}</ref>
==Professional career== Murati, who came to Austria in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/2000027050266/Die-lange-Reise-des-Enis-Murati |title=Die lange Reise des Enis Murati |work=Der Standard |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> made his first brief appearances for Swans Gmunden in the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga during the 2006/07 season and helped them win the championship title. In the following years, he developed into the team's key player. In 2010 and 2011, Murati was named the Bundesliga player who had developed the best in a single season by the internet portal eurobasket.com.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Austria/basketball-A-Bundesliga_2009-2010.asp |title=A-Bundesliga 2009-2010 |work=Eurobasket.com |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Austria/basketball-A-Bundesliga_2010-2011.asp |title=A-Bundesliga 2010-2011 |work=Eurobasket.com |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> In 2010, he won the championship title again with Gmunden.
Murati spent the 2015/16 season with the Belgian first division team Leuven Bears.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/2000018153604/Murati-von-Gmunden-in-erste-belgische-Liga |title=Enis Murati von Gmunden in erste belgische Liga |work=Der Standard |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> He returned to Gmunden for the 2016/17 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/salzkammergut/Enis-Muratis-Rueckkehr-freut-ihn-und-die-Fans;art71,2265320 |title=Enis Muratis Rückkehr freut ihn und die Fans |work=Oberösterreichische Nachrichten |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> In 2021, Murati was named Most Valuable Player of the Season after leading Gmunden to the championship title and averaging 18.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 35 season games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.diepresse.com/5980695/basketball-swans-gmunden-zum-funften-mal-meister |title=Basketball: Swans Gmunden zum fünften Mal Meister |work=Die Presse |date=2021-05-17 |accessdate=2021-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketballaustria.at/spieler?player_id=12508&season_id=119179 |title=Enis Murati |work=Österreichischer Basketballverband |accessdate=2021-05-17 |language=de}}</ref> In the summer of 2021, he joined BC GGMT Vienna, which was described by his new club as a "sensational transfer".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketballclubvienna.at/sensationstransfer-enis-murati-wechselt-zum-bc-ggmt-vienna/ |title=Sensationstransfer – Enis Murati wechselt zum BC GGMT Vienna |work=BC GGMT Vienna |accessdate=2021-07-08}}</ref> He won the Austrian championship title and the cup competition with the team in the 2021/22 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysportaustria.at/bc-vienna-kuert-sich-in-gmunden-zum-bsl-champion/ |title=BC Vienna kürt sich in Gmunden zum BSL-Champion |work=Sky Sport Austria |date=2022-05-31 |accessdate=2022-06-01}}</ref>
In 2023, he switched to the 3x3 format.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.puls24.at/news/sport/enis-murati-wechselt-zum-3x3-basketball/303707 |title=Enis Murati wechselt zum 3x3-Basketball |work=Puls 24 |date=2023-07-28 |language=de |accessdate=2023-07-28}}</ref>
==National team career== In 2014, Murati was in the Austrian national team squad for the first time after receiving Austrian citizenship the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oebl.at/abl/35-bundesliga-allgemein/924-enis-murati-ist-oesterreicher |title=Enis Murati ist Österreicher |work=oebl.at |accessdate=2016-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718162036/http://oebl.at/abl/35-bundesliga-allgemein/924-enis-murati-ist-oesterreicher |archive-date=2016-07-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He played a total of 42 international matches.<ref name=":0" /> At the 2024 edition of the 3x3 Europe Cup, which took place on the Kaiserwiese in Vienna's Prater, he won the European Championship title together with Nico Kaltenbrunner, Toni Blazan and Fabio Söhnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000233800/das-wunder-von-wien-oesterreich-ist-europameister-im-3x3-basketball?ref=niewidget|title=Das Wunder von Wien: Österreich ist Europameister im 3x3-Basketball|work=derstandard.at|date=2024-08-25|accessdate=2024-08-25}}</ref>
==Personal life== Murati studied biology at the University of Salzburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/salzkammergut/Kaum-das-erste-Studium-abgeschlossen-begann-Enis-Murati-schon-sein-zweites;art71,1335065 |title=Kaum das erste Studium abgeschlossen, begann Enis Murati schon sein zweites |work=Oberösterreichische Nachrichten |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murati, Enis}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Basketball players from Pristina Category:Austrian men's basketball players Category:3x3 basketball players Category:Austrian people of Albanian descent Category:Kosovan men's basketball players Category:Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Austria Category:Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Serbia Category:Small forwards Category:KK Spartak Subotica players Category:Swans Gmunden players Category:Leuven Bears players Category:BC Vienna players Category:Kosovan emigrants to Austria Category:Naturalised citizens of Austria