Andrey Desyatnikov
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 4, 1994 Vladivostok, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2019 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Rossiya Novogorsk | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Wilki Morskie Szczecin | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Khimki | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Dynamo Vladivostok | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Samara | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
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Andrey Valeryevich Desyatnikov (Russian: Андрей Валерьевич Десятников; born May 4, 1994) is a Russian professional basketball player.
Professional career[edit]
Desyatnikov began playing with the junior teams of Spartak Primorie Vladivostok, and played with their Under-18 team during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. He was invited to the Jordan Brand Classic's International Game in 2010.
He then played with the Under-18 junior team of Triumph Lyubertsy during the 2011–12 season, and with the Under-23 team of Triumph Lyubertsy (Triumph Lyubertsy 2), during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.[1][2]
He then moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg for the 2014–15 season, and he made his senior men's professional debut in 2015 with them, after playing in both the Russian 1st-tier VTB United League, and in the European 2nd-tier league, the EuroCup.
During the 2014–15 season, he also played with Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 (the club's Under-23 team), and with Rossiya Novogorsk on loan. Desyatnikov declared as an early entrant for the 2015 NBA draft, but he withdrew before the draft.[3]
International career[edit]
Desyatnikov played with the junior national teams of Russia at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament and FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in 2012.[4] He also played with the junior national teams of Russia at both the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship and the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won a bronze medal playing with Russia's national university team at the 2015 World University Games.
He was selected to the senior men's Russian national basketball team for the EuroBasket 2015.
References[edit]
- ^ ANDREY DESYATNIKOV Career:
- ^ "32 Andrey Desyatnikov Clubs:". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ^ "Andrey Desyatnikov Profile". RealGM. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Andrey Desyatnikov". InvictusSportsGroup.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- Andrey Desyatnikov at draftexpress.com
- Andrey Desyatnikov at eurobasket.com
- Andrey Desyatnikov at euroleague.net
- Andrey Desyatnikov at fiba.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
- Centers (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Vladivostok
- Russian men's basketball players
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- BC Samara players
- BC Khimki players
- Wilki Morskie Szczecin players
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- Russian expatriate basketball people in Poland