Petar Aranitović


Petar Aranitović is a Serbian professional basketball player for Palencia Baloncesto of the LEB Oro.

Professional career

Partizan

Aranitović debuted in the Euroleague on 5 December 2013, against Budivelnyk and scored 2 points for almost a minute on court. In Partizan did not immediately get a chance in the first team, but he successfully played for the junior team of Partizan. In his first season as a professional player, he won the Basketball League of Serbia with Partizan defeating Crvena zvezda with 3-1 in the final series. The first serious chance in the senior team got to the final tournament of the Radivoj Korać Cup on 7 February 2014. In the defeat of his team of FMP, Petar Aranitović has provided an excellent game where he scored 20 points and was the most efficient player of Partizan in that game. Yet after that, he was not given a real chance. The following season he was regular member of the first team but the coach Duško Vujošević put into play only in the first round against Szolnoki Olaj when he has scored 2 points.
Yet early next 2015/16. season gets significantly more space in the game. During the preparatory period had a remarkable effect, and already in the first match against Igokea where he got more space scored 24 points with 5 affected triplets. On 13 September 2015, Aranitović has scored 26 points against FMP on the preparation match in 94-86 win for Partizan.

Manresa

On July 23, 2016, Aranitović signed a three-year contract with Spanish club ICL Manresa.

Personal

Petar has a younger brother Aleksandar Aranitović who is also a basketball player.