Timofey Mozgov · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
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Timofey Mozgov, born on 16 July 1986 in Saint Petersburg, is a Russian basketball player who plays as a center, wearing squad number 20. He has played in the National Basketball Association for BC Khimki, the New York Knicks, the Denver Nuggets, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics, FIBA EuroBasket 2009, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and FIBA EuroBasket 2011. His career began in 2004, and he speaks Russian.
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Key facts
- 2006
- CSK VVS Samara
- 2011
- Khimki
- Born
- ( 1986-07-16 ) 16 July 1986 (age 39) , Leningrad , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Nationality
- Russian
- Listed height
- 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
- Listed weight
- 275 lb (125 kg)
- Nba draft
- 2008 : undrafted
- Playing career
- 2004–2022
- Position
- Center
- 2004 2006
- LenVo St. Petersburg
- 2006 2010
- Khimki
- 2010 2011
- New York Knicks
- 2011 2015
- Denver Nuggets
- 2015 2016
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2016 2017
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2017 2018
- Brooklyn Nets
- 2019 2021
- Khimki
- 2021 2022
- Runa Basket Moscow
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Russia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Timofey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- FIBA EuroBasket 2009
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Mass
- 113
- Image
- Timofey Mozgov - 22016707911 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 216
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Timofey Mozgov
- date of birth
- 1986-07-16
- sport number
- 20
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Timofey Pavlovich Mozgov (Russian: Тимофей Павлович Мозгов, IPA: [tʲɪmɐˈfʲej mɐˈzɡof], born 16 July 1986) is a Russian former professional basketball player. Mozgov won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, becoming one of the first Russians to do so, alongside then-teammate Sasha Kaun. As a member of the Russian national team, he won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as a bronze medal at EuroBasket 2011. Mozgov signed with the Lakers in 2016 before being traded to the Nets in the 2017 offseason. In the 2018 offseason, he was traded to the Magic before returning to Khimki in 2019.
Professional career
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