Zuzana Žirková

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Zuzana Žirková
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

Zuzana Žirková (born June 6, 1980)^[1] is a Slovak basketball coach and former player.^[2] Over the course of her career, she was named Slovak basketball player of the year eight times.

Career

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Žirková debuted at the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women when she was seventeen years old.^[3] She announced her retirement from Slovakia women's national basketball team in July 2011.^[4]

After playing Good Angels Košice in 2018,^[5] Žirková announced her retirement from professional basketball.^[6] Following her retirement from active playing, Žirková became a coach of the Young Angels Košice team in Slovak extraliga. In 2022, she took over coaching of Slávia Banská Bystrica in 2022.^[7]

Honours

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Slovak basketball player of the year: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015
Euroleague Champion: 1999, 2000, 2006
Top Scorer FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women: 2000

Personal life

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Žirková has one daughter named Dorota (b. 2013).^[8]

WNBA

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

Statistics

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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

WNBA

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Regular season

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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

References

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^ 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". FIBA.
^ "Basketbalistka Zuzana Žirková: Končí definitívne s reprezentačnou kariérou?". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Prokop, Tomáš (4 July 2011). "Žirková skončila v basketbalovej reprezentácii". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Dobrí anjeli v novej sezóne aj so Žirkovou a Kraayeveldovou". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Zuzana Žirková sa rozhodla ukončiť kariéru, hrala aj vo WNBA a trikrát sa tešila z triumfu v Eurolige". SITA (in Slovak). 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Bývalá slovenská reprezentantka sa stala novou trénerkou Slávie Banská Bystrica". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "Zuzana Žirková exkluzívne: Z dcéry basketbalistku nechcem mať". Teraz.sk (in Slovak). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

External links

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EuroLeague Player Profile

v t e 2003 WNBA draft
First round	LaToya Thomas Chantelle Anderson Cheryl Ford Plenette Pierson Kara Lawson Gwen Jackson Aiysha Smith Jung Sun-min Jocelyn Penn Molly Creamer Coretta Brown Allison Curtin
Second round	Courtney Coleman Teresa Edwards Jennifer Butler Petra Ujhelyi Erin Thorn Jordan Adams Lori Nero DeTrina White Zuzana Žirková Suzy Batkovic Dana Cherry Sonja Mallory Ke-Ke Tardy K. B. Sharp Schuye LaRue

v t e Gambrinus Sika Brno 2005–06 Euroleague Women champions
4 Jana Veselá 5 Ivana Večeřová 7 Nykesha Sales 8 Michala Hartigová 9 Hana Horáková 10 DeLisha Milton-Jones 11 Alena Kováčová 12 Zuzana Žirková 13 Petra Kulichová 14 Romana Hejdová 15 Eva Vítečková
Head coach: Jan Bobrovský

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