Ruslan Yurievich Otverchenko ( Ukrainian: Ruslan Yuriyovich Otverchenko ; January 6, 1990 , Ulan Bator , Mongolia ) - Ukrainian basketball player , defender of the Cherkasy Mavpa club.
| Ruslan Otverchenko | |
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| Ukrainian Ruslan Otverchenko | |
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 Cherkasy Mavpa - No. 2 | |
| Position | defender |
| Growth | 193 |
| Weight | 82 |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Date of Birth | January 6, 1990 (aged 29) |
| Place of Birth | Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia |
Content
Career
Born on January 6, 1990 in Ulaanbaatar , where his father served in the military. The first coach is Alexei Dibert. He began to engage in basketball in Nikolaev [1] .
At the age of 15, at the end of the school league season, he ended up in the Ukrainian national team until the age of 16, led by Vitaliy Lebedintsev. He participated in the European Championship, where Ukrainians took 12th place. After that, Lebedintsev took Otverchenko to BC Kiev in 2006 [2] .
From November 2012 to February 2013 he acted on a leasehold basis for Donetsk [3] . In February 2013 he returned to Kiev [4] . In the summer of 2015, he became a player in the Spanish club Manresa [5] . In October of the same year he became a player of the Kiev Budivelnik [6] . Two years later, in the summer of 2017, he extended the contract with the club [7] . In October 2018, he moved to the Cherkasy Mavp [8] .
He was included in the list of five best players of the Super League according to the version of the site iSport.ua: the first five (2015), the first five Ukrainians (2012, 2015), the progress five (2012) [9] .
He played for the national basketball team of Ukraine . He helped the team led by Evgeny Murzin to get to Eurobasket 2017 . At the tournament itself, Ukraine reached the 1/8 finals, where it lost to the future winner of the Eurobasket - the Slovenian team [10] .
Achievements
- Winner of the Super League three-point shots competition: 2012 [9]
- The best young Ukrainian player of the Super League according to iSport.ua: 2012 [9]
- Super League Star Match Member: 2012 [9]
- Super League Best Forward: 2015 [11]
- Champion of Ukraine: 2017
- Finalist of the Cup of Ukraine : 2016/17
Notes
- ↑ Basketball player Otverchenko is not happy with his club
- ↑ Ruslan Otverchenko: “I'm not sure Mike Fratello needs a player of my plan”
- ↑ Officially. BC Donetsk rented Otverchenko
- ↑ Otverchenko returned to BC Kiev
- ↑ Ruslan Otverchenko goes to the Spanish Manresa
- ↑ Budivelnik signed the player of the national team of Ukraine
- ↑ Budivelnik signed the famous Ukrainian player from the European Championship and re-signed a number of leaders
- ↑ Ruslan Otverchenko decided on a new club
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Dossier: Ruslan Otverchenko
- ↑ Ruslan OTVERCHENKO
- ↑ Super League named the best defender, striker and center season