Marcus Eriksson (basketball)

Marcus Per Eriksson (born 5 December 1993) is a Swedish professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.

Early career
A native of Uppsala, Sweden, Eriksson left his country in 2010, to further his career at Bàsquet Manresa, in Spain. As a member of Manresa's youth team, he became the MVP of the L’Hospitalet's Junior Tournament in 2010, at the age of 16.

Europe
Eriksson made his professional debut in Spain's top-flight league, the ACB, with Manresa's senior men's team during the 2010–11 season. In 2011, he was signed by Spanish club FC Barcelona ("Barça"), and in his first years with Barcelona, he mainly played for their developmental farm team, FC Barcelona B. He returned to Manresa for the 2013–14 campaign, joining them on loan from Barcelona, before later heading back to Barça.

Eriksson missed the 2014–15 season, because of a torn ACL and torn meniscus.

NBA draft right
On 25 June 2015 Eriksson was selected with the 50th pick of the 2015 NBA draft, by the Atlanta Hawks.

National team
Eriksson was involved with the Swedish junior national teams for a number of years. With Sweden's junior national teams, he played at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (Division B), the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. In 2012, he had his first official appearance with the Swedish senior squad.

EuroLeague

 * style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16
 * style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Barcelona
 * 3 || 0 || 7.7 || .250 || .000 || — || .7 || .3 || .3 || — || .7 || -1.0
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17
 * 22 || 3 || 9.9 || .320 || .353 || — || 1.2 || .3 || .4 || .1 || 2.0 || 1.2
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19
 * style="text-align:left;"| Gran Canaria
 * 29 || 6 || 18.6 || .443 || .415 || .939 || 1.3 || .8 || .6 || — || 10.4 || 8.9
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20
 * style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Berlin
 * 22 || 15 || 24.7 || .466 || .466 || .813 || 2.0 || .9 || .7 || .2 || 11.2 || 10.7
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21
 * 22 || 14 || 23.3 || .487 || .443 || .943 || 1.7 || .7 || .5 || — || 12.4 || 10.7
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22
 * 13 || 13 || 24.8 || .464 || .430 || .929 || 2.3 || .8 || .2 || — || 12.5 || 11.0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
 * 111 || 51 || 19.5 || .453 || .431 || .906 || 1.6 || .7 || .5 || .1 || 9.3 || 8.1
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22
 * 13 || 13 || 24.8 || .464 || .430 || .929 || 2.3 || .8 || .2 || — || 12.5 || 11.0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
 * 111 || 51 || 19.5 || .453 || .431 || .906 || 1.6 || .7 || .5 || .1 || 9.3 || 8.1
 * 111 || 51 || 19.5 || .453 || .431 || .906 || 1.6 || .7 || .5 || .1 || 9.3 || 8.1