Saša Ciani (born 25 March 2003) is a Slovenian basketball player who plays for the Sacrament State Hornets. He is a 2.05 m tall power forward.
Professional career Ciani started playing professional basketball for Koper Primorska. On 12 October 2020, Ciani signed with the Serbian team Dynamic VIP PAY and played in 21 games in the Serbian national championship. He previously played in the 2019–20 Slovenian national under-19 championship.
On 18 August 2021, Ciani signed a four-year contract with Cedevita Olimpija. A year later, in August 2022, Ciani was loaned to Cedevita Junior.
College career
In September 2023, Ciani moved to the United States and committed to playing college basketball for the Xavier Musketeers of Xavier University for the 2023–24 season. After the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.
On April 23, 2024, Ciani transferred to play for the UIC Flames.
Following the season, Ciani re-entered the transfer portal. On June 28, 2025, Ciani transferred to play for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
On July 10, 2026, Ciani transferred to play for Sacramento State Hornets.
National team career Ciani made his debut for the Slovenia national team in August 2022 in a friendly match against the Netherlands, and was also included in the preliminary roster for EuroBasket 2022.
College statistics
| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24 | style="text-align:left;"| Xavier | 31 || 5 || 13.2 || .485 || – || .524 || 2.9 || .8 || .3 || .3 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25 | style="text-align:left;"| UIC | 27 || 21 || 20.2 || .533 || .308 || .531 || 7.6 || 1.3 || .6 || .5 || 9.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2025–26 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 28 || 4 || 10.0 || .389 || .200 || .682 || 1.9 || .2 || .1 || .2 || 2.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 86 || 30 || 14.3 || .498 || .278 || .554 || 4.1 || .8 || .3 || .3 || 4.7
References
External links Profile at Eurobasket.com RealGM.com profile Proballers.com profile Xavier Musketeers bio UIC Flames bio