Semih Erden at the awarding ceremony of the 2010 FIBA World Championship
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Istanbul, Turkey |
July 28, 1986 ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 60th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2003–present | ||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Darüşşafaka | ||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Partizan Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||||
2005–2010 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Beşiktaş Milangaz | ||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Anadolu Efes | ||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Darüşşafaka | ||||||||||||||||||
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Semih Erden (born July 28, 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the Euroleague. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he plays at the center position.
Erden played with Darüşşafaka in the Turkish Basketball League in 2003-04 season, appeared in one game in which he recorded one point and two rebounds. He spent the majority of the season playing with the Darüşşafaka junior team.
Next season, Erden played with Partizan Belgrade in the Adriatic League and averaged 4.6 points and 3.2 rebounds. He scored in double figures twice, tallying a high of 17 points against KK Hemofarm. He contributed 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in 12.5 minutes a contest in the Euroleague. His highest scoring game of 10 points occurred against Efes Pilsen. In 2004–05, he also appeared in seven Yugoslav Basketball League games, averaging 1.7 points and 0.7 rebounds in 4.4 minutes a contest.
In 2005, he signed with Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball League. Erden averaged 6.5 points and 5.4 rebounds in 18.4 minutes a contest. He had a high of 14 points at Fenerbahçe and scored in double figures seven times. He also contributed 3.4 points and 2.2 rebounds in 9.1 minutes a contest in nine Euroleague games.
In his second season with Fenerbahçe, Erden played 16.1 minutes a game, averaged 6.4 points and 3.8 rebounds in Turkish League play, registering a high of 10 points against Galatasaray Café Crown. In the Euroleague, Semih added 4.5 points and 3.1 rebounds in 13.8 minutes per match.