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Andrei Kirilenko
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Russian basketball player
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Andrei Kirilenko is a male basketball player who competed as a power forward and small forward. Born in Izhevsk on February 18, 1981, he represented Russia in international competition. His career included participation in the 2000, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as EuroBasket 2001. Kirilenko was drafted by the Utah Jazz and played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, PBC CSKA Moscow, and BC Spartak Saint Petersburg.
He received the Euroleague MVP award and the title of Honoured Master of Sports of Russia. Kirilenko held citizenship in the Soviet Union, Russia, and the United States. He stands 209 units tall and weighs 102 units. His professional work period ended in 2015.
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Key facts
- 2001
- Partizan
- 2015
- CSKA Moscow
- Born
- ( 1981-02-18 ) February 18, 1981 (age 45) , Izhevsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Nationality
- Russian / American
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Listed weight
- 235 lb (107 kg)
- Nba draft
- 1999 : 1st round, 24th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Utah Jazz
- Playing career
- 1997–2015
- Position
- Power forward / small forward
- Number
- 47, 15
- 1997 1998
- Spartak St. Petersburg
- 1998 2001
- CSKA Moscow
- 2001 2011
- Utah Jazz
- 2011 2012
- CSKA Moscow
- 2012 2013
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- 2013 2014
- Brooklyn Nets
- Points
- 9,431 (11.8 ppg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- Russia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrej
- Family name
- Kirilenko
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Izhevsk
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- FIBA EuroBasket 2011
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Brooklyn Nets
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Mass
- 102
- Official website
- www.kirilenko.ru
- Image
- Andrei Kirilenko in 2011.jpg
- Height
- 209
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- Commons category
- Andrei Kirilenko
- date of birth
- 1981-02-18
- drafted by
- Utah Jazz
- name in native language
- Андрей Геннадьевич Кириленко
- nickname
- AK-47
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- different from
- Andrei Kirilenko
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Encyclopedic overview
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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