Matic Rebec (born 1994) is a Slovenian professional basketball player, a point guard. In the 2024/2025 season he played for the Nizhny Novgorod club BC Pari Nizhny Novgorod in the VTB United League.[1]
Career
He began his professional career in 2009 at the Slovenian club Helios Domžale, working his way from the youth teams up to the senior squad. In 2015–2016 he moved to Krka, where in the 2016/2017 season he averaged 11.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game. In the fall of 2017 he signed a contract with Yenisey of Krasnoyarsk, playing 7 games for the club (averaging 5 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.4 assists). In the 2017/2018 season he played for the Slovenian club Primorska, averaging 10.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.4 assists in 23 games.[3]
In the 2018/2019 season he started out at the Serbian club FMP (averaging 11.8 points and 5.8 assists), then moved to the Spanish club Gipuzkoa. In the 2019/2020 season he played for the Croatian club Cibona, appearing in 21 games in the ABA League (averaging 7 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 4.4 assists) and 21 games in the Croatian Premier League (9.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 5.7 assists).[5] In addition, his career includes clubs in France and Italy.[3]
Rebec began the 2024/2025 season once again at FMP, where in 13 games he averaged 17.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.1 steals. After that he moved to the Chinese club Nanjing Monkey Kings, and then to the Nizhny Novgorod club Pari NN; the contract with Pari Nizhny Novgorod was signed on February 8, 2025.[4] For the Nizhny Novgorod side in the VTB United League he played 11 games, averaging 6.2 points, 3.1 assists, and 2.8 rebounds.[1][3]
Achievements
The main achievement of his career is considered to be the gold medal at the 2017 European Championship as part of the Slovenian national team.[3]
The player's height is 183 cm (6 ft 0 in), and his weight is 77 kg (170 lb). His club number at Pari NN is 0.[3]
Departure from Pari NN
In April 2025, Rebec's contract was terminated by decision of the coaching staff. Club president Sergey Panov explained this by saying that at the start of their cooperation the player had helped the team, but later he lost the desire to play and train. After the termination of his contract with Pari NN in September 2025, Rebec moved to the Mexican club Alcones de Jalapa, and then to the Montenegrin club Studentski Centar and the Croatian club Split.[5][1]
Sources
- vtb-league.com — The contract with Pari Nizhny Novgorod was signed on February 8, 2025.
- flashscorekz.com — In the 2019/2020 season, Rebec played for the Croatian club Cibona, appearing in 21 games in the ABA League (averaging 7 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 4.4 assists) and 21 games in the Croatian Premier Le
- Vremya N — Matic Rebec leaves the basketball club Pari Nizhny Novgorod (archive)
- championat.com — Championat (archive)
- nn-basket.ru — Matic Rebec is on our roster! — BC "Nizhny Novgorod" (archive)