Andrey Konstantinovich Vorontsevich (russian: Андрей Константинович Воронцевич, born July 17, 1987) is a Russian professional

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player for the Russian team

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of the

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. He plays at the

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position.

Professional career

Vorontsevich made his professional debut with

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during the 2005–06 season. He moved to

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, before the 2006–07 season. He was named the Best Russian Young Player, in 2007. In his 8th season with CSKA, he started all of the team's 30 EuroLeague games. In the 2014–15 season, he was named the

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, and the VTB United League Playoffs MVP. On July 1, 2020, after 14 seasons, Vorontsevich and CSKA parted ways. On March 3, 2021, he signed with

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of the

. On July 9, 2021, he signed with the Russian team

National team career

Russian junior national team

Vorontsevich was a member of the junior national teams of Russia. With Russia's junior teams, he played at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Russian senior national team

Vorontsevich has been a member of the senior

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. With Russia's senior national team, he played at the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. He also won a bronze medal at the

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.Andrey VORONTSEVICH (RUS).
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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 6 , , 0 , , 3.0 , , .250 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , .3 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .5 , , -.8 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2007–08† , 9 , , 0 , , 10.1 , , .500 , , .333 , , .750 , , 1.8 , , .0 , , .1 , , .3 , , 2.7 , , 2.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , 6 , , 0 , , 2.8 , , .500 , , 1.000 , , .000 , , .7 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.2 , , .6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , 20 , , 1 , , 12.7 , , .460 , , .310 , , .793 , , 2.1 , , .6 , , .4 , , .2 , , 5.0 , , 5.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2010–11 , 10 , , 4 , , 23.9 , , .550 , , .571 , , .692 , , 4.3 , , 1.1 , , .6 , , .4 , , 10.5 , , 11.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , 20 , , 2 , , 16.3 , , .459, , .327 , , .636 , , 2.7 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , .4 , , 5.8 , , 5.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , 16 , , 1 , , 12.0 , , .548 , , .417 , , .929 , , 3.6 , , .4 , , .4 , , .1 , , 4.0 , , 6.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , 25 , , 7 , , 15.7 , , .513 , , .400 , , .818 , , 3.1 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , .2 , , 4.6 , , 6.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , 30 , , 30 , , 25.7 , , .447 , , .370 , , .760 , , 5.7 , , 2.2 , , .6 , , .9 , , 8.4 , , 11.9 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2015–16† , 28, , 23 , , 24.3 , , .447 , , .445 , , .686 , , 4.2 , , 1.4 , , .8 , , .6 , , 8.5 , , 9.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , 35 , , 21 , , 19.5 , , .506 , , .477 , , .520 , , 2.9 , , .9 , , .5 , , .1 , , 7.3 , , 7.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , 30 , , 9 , , 15.0 , , .448 , , .397 , , .786 , , 2.4 , , .7 , , .2 , , .5 , , 4.7 , , 4.9 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2018–19† , 19 , , 4 , , 10.3 , , .155 , , .303 , , 1.000 , , 1.6 , , .7 , , .3 , , .1 , , 2.2 , , 2.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , 20 , , 3 , , 13.3 , , .469 , , .286 , , .500 , , 3.0 , , .1 , , .5 , , .2 , , 3.6 , , 4.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;", Career , 235 , , 83 , , 17.5 , , .476 , , .416 , , .734 , , 3.2 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , .4 , , 6.0 , , 7.0

References

External links

Andrey Vorontsevich
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at eurobasket.com
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at euroleague.net

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