Zuzana Žirková

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.

Zuzana Žirková
Personal information
Born (1980-06-06) June 6, 1980
Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
NationalitySlovak
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight147 lb (67 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2003: 2nd round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career1996–2018
PositionShooting guard
Number12
Career history
1996–1998Delta Košice
1998–2000SCP Ružomberok
2000–2002GYSEV Ringa Šopron
2002–2010Gambrinus SIKA Brno
2003Washington Mystics
2010–2011Good Angels Košice
2011UMMC Ekaterinburg
2011–2018Good Angels Košice
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Biography

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

National basketball

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]

Personal life

Žirková has one daughter, Dorota, born in 2013.[6]

WNBA

In the 2003 WNBA Draft, the Washington Mystics selected point guard Zuzana Žirková with the 2nd pick, from 21st place overall.

Statistics
Legend
  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

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2003 Washington 605.0.500.5001.0000.30.20.00.00.31.8

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Euroleague Player Profile". fibaeurope.
  3. "Dobrí anjeli v novej sezóne aj so Žirkovou a Kraayeveldovou". SITA+TASR. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  4. "Bývalá slovenská reprezentantka sa stala novou trénerkou Slávie Banská Bystrica". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  5. "Zuzana Žirková retire from national team". SITA.
  6. "ZUZANA ŽIRKOVÁ exkluzívne: Z dcéry basketbalistku nechcem mať". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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