Enis Murati, who was born in Pristina, came to Upper Austria in 2004 as a 16-year-old talent to pursue a career in basketball. Because the WBC Wels did not return the call from today’s red-white-red national player, the youngster tried it with the Swans Gmunden, to whom he was to remain loyal for 16 years. With success.
Four championship titles, four cup wins and five Supercup triumphs made the 1.96 meter tall top scorer one of the club’s legends. Business as usual is still out of the question on Sunday (8 p.m., ORF Sport + and Sky). Murati has not been the captain of the “swans” since the summer, but one of the bellhammers at BC Vienna.
The prodigal son returns for the first time as an opponent in his living room, the Volksbank-Arena. A moment of goosebumps that could well be acknowledged by the audience with a whistle or two. In the autumn of his career, Murati was unable to resist the lucrative offer from the Viennese.
“When he described the dimensions to us, it was clear to us that we could not even begin to keep up,” said Gmundens CFO Harald Stelzer. The paths parted – without resentment. You can look each other in the eye. “The life of an athlete is limited in time, so it is legitimate to take such a chance,” says Daniel Friedrich, the current Swans captain. Murati himself never utters a bad word about his former employer. “For me, Vienna is a new challenge.”
The Raiffeisen Flyers Wels will be visiting Oberwart tomorrow. (Alex)
Source: Nachrichten
