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Andrei Kirilenko (basketball)

Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko in 2011.jpg
Kirilenko with the Russian national team in 2011
Personal information
Born (1981-02-18) February 18, 1981 (age 35)
Izhevsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian / American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24th overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career 1997–2015
Position Forward
Number 47
Career history
1997–1998 Spartak St. Petersburg
1998–2001 CSKA Moscow
20012011 Utah Jazz
2011–2012 CSKA Moscow
2012–2013 Minnesota Timberwolves
20132014 Brooklyn Nets
2015 CSKA Moscow
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 9,431 (11.8 ppg)
Rebounds 4,352 (5.5 rpg)
Assists 2,169 (2.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (Андрей Геннадьевич Кириленко; born February 18, 1981) is a Russian-American former professional basketball player, currently the commissioner of the Russian Basketball Federation. At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball Super League. He spent three years with CSKA Moscow from 1998 to 2001, winning the Russian league MVP award in 2000.

In 2001, Kirilenko joined the Utah Jazz, who drafted him twenty-fourth overall in 1999. He became the first Russian player selected in the first round of a draft and the youngest European player drafted. He made the NBA All-Rookie First Team after his first season, was an NBA All-Defensive Team pick three times and played in the 2004 All-Star Game. During the 2011 NBA lockout, Kirilenko spent another year with CSKA Moscow, leading them to the 2012 Euroleague Final. The same year, he was named the competition's Most Valuable Player, earned an All-EuroLeague first team selection and won the EuroLeague Best Defender award.

Since the 2000 Summer Olympics, Kirilenko has been a regular member of the Russian national team. With Russia, he won the EuroBasket title in 2007, earning MVP honors in the process. In 2011, he won his second EuroBasket medal, this time the bronze. He was selected to the All-Tournament Team on both occasions. Kirilenko was named FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year twice, and won a Euroscar Player of the Year award in 2012.


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