Andrei Kirilenko
Also known as Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko, Andrey Kirilenko, Andrey Gennadyevich Kirilenko
Russian basketball player
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Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Кириленко; born February 18, 1981), is a Russian basketball executive and former professional player. Nicknamed AK-47, he played 10 seasons for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 2001 and 2011.
At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball Super League. He played for CSKA Moscow from 1998 to 2001, winning league MVP honours in 2000. In 1999, he was selected by the Jazz with the 24th overall pick of the 1999 NBA draft. He became the first Russian player selected in the first round of an NBA draft and the youngest European player ever chosen in the NBA draft.
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