Anton Igorevich Astapkovich ( Belorussian. Anton Іgaravich Astapkovich ; born January 29, 1994 , Minsk , Belarus ) is a Russian professional basketball player playing as an easy forward . He plays for the basketball club Nizhny Novgorod .
| Anton Astapkovich | |
|---|---|
 Nizhny Novgorod - No. 8 | |
| Position | Easy forward |
| Growth | 202 cm |
| Weight | 98 kg |
| Citizenship |  Belorussia Russia |
| Date of Birth | January 29, 1994 (25 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Minsk , Belarus |
| NBA Draft | not selected, 2014 |
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Career
He began to play basketball in the DYUK No. 2 of the city of Minsk . The first coach is Vitaliy Gennadevich Radyuk. Since 2009, has been training in the CSKA youth system.
In the 2014/2015 season, he was involved in the games of the main team of the army club, taking part in three Euroleague matches and three VTB United League matches , with a total of 7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and an interception in 24 minutes on the floor. As part of CSKA-2, he became the winner of the VTB United Youth League . His average performance was 15.9 points (57% of two-points, 45.4% of three-points, 72.8% of penalties), 6.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.9 interceptions and 0.9 block shots in 24, 5 minutes In January 2015, he was recognized as the best player of the month [1] , and before the start of the playoffs of the championship - the regular season MVP [2] .
Before the start of the season 2015/2016 signed a 5-year contract with CSKA . Astapkovich became the champion of the Euroleague , the champion of the VTB United League and the champion of Russia as part of the main team of CSKA, but appeared on the site only occasionally, taking part in 3 matches of the Euroleague and 4 - of the VTB United League. As part of CSKA-2, he became the champion of VTB United Youth League and was recognized as the “Best attacking defender” of the “Final Eight” tournament. The average performance of Anton in the Youth League was 19.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.1 interceptions.
In June 2016, on loan, he became a player of Avtodor until the end of the 2016/2017 season [3] . Astapkovich spent 22 matches of VTB United League , gaining an average of 1.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.5 interceptions in 7.8 minutes. In 12 games of the FIBA Champions League, his average statistics was 1.0 points, 0.5 rebounds, 0.5 interceptions and 0.4 assists in 5.1 minutes.
At the end of the lease in the Saratov club, Astapkovich returned to CSKA [4] .
In the 2017/2018 season, he played for CSKA-2 in the Super League-1 division . As part of the team, Astapkovich spent 40 matches, gaining an average of 15.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.4 interceptions, 0.7 block shots in 25.3 minutes.
In June 2018, Astapkovich and CSKA terminated the contract by mutual agreement of the parties [5] .
Anton continued his career in Nizhny Novgorod by signing a 2-year contract [6] . In the FIBA Champions League, Astapkovic took part in 17 matches, spending an average of 21 minutes on the floor. During this time, he managed to check out statistics with 7.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists. In 29 VTB United League games, Anton scored 8.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2 assists.
In July 2019, Astapkovich and Nizhny Novgorod signed a new 2-year contract [7] .
Russian national team
In the summer of 2016, Astapkovich received an invitation to the “Open RBF Camp”, following which several players will be able to join the training of the main Russian team [8] .
In May 2017, Astapkovich was again summoned to the “Open camp of the RBF”, the participants of which will join the main meeting of the national team [9] .
In June 2017, Astapkovich was included in the Russian national team, compiled on the basis of the results of the open RBF Open Camp, and took part in the BRICS Sports Games basketball tournament [10] . Having won all three rivals (South Africa, India and China), the Russian team won the tournament [11] .
In January 2019, Astapkovich was included in the reserve list of the Russian national team for participation in the qualification games of the 2019 World Cup [12] .
Personal life
In August 2015, he received a Russian passport. Prior to obtaining Russian citizenship, a native of Belarus, lived in Moscow for the past six years, worked in the CSKA youth project, has long dealt with citizenship, had a residence permit, received a university diploma in the summer of 2015, and this allowed him to obtain Russian citizenship on a common basis [13] .
November 27, 2018 in Anton and his girlfriend Elena officially became husband and wife [14]
Achievements
Clubhouse
- Euroleague Champion: 2015/2016
- VTB United League Champion : 2015/2016
- Champion of Russia : 2015/2016
- Silver medalist of the Russian Cup : 2018/2019
- Champion of VTB United Youth League (2): 2014/2015 , 2015/2016
Russian national team
- BRICS Sports Games Champion: 2017
Statistics
| Season | Team | League | GP | GS | Mpg | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
| 2014/15 | All clubs | All leagues | 6 | 0 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | |
| 2014/15 | CSKA | VTB United League | 3 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
| 2014/15 | CSKA | Euroleague | 3 | 0 | 5.2 | 33.3 | 20,0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1,3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | |
| 2015/16 | CSKA | VTB United League | four | 0 | 7.5 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 1,3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | |
| Total | ten | 0 | 5,4 | 20,0 | 15.4 | 100.0 | 1,0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | |||
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Notes
- ↑ Anton Astapkovich - January MVP
- ↑ Anton Astapkovich - MVP of the regular season (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 13, 2018. Archived October 13, 2018.
- ↑ Astapkovich moves to Saratov
- ↑ Anton Astapkovich: back to CSKA
- ↑ Anton Astapkovich became an army graduate
- ↑ First Signing of the Season. Anton Astapkovich became a player in Nizhny Novgorod
- ↑ Anton Astapkovich will remain in Nizhny Novgorod until the end of the 2020-2021 season
- ↑ The composition and coaching staff of the Russian men's team were determined
- ↑ “Open Camp RBF” -2017 will be held in June
- ↑ Russian men's team went to the BRICS Sports Games
- ↑ Russian team won the BRICS Sports Games
- ↑ 20 players called to the Russian national team for the February matches
- ↑ In test mode
- ↑ Congratulations to Anton Astapkovich on his wedding day!