Ozan Anton Odabasi (born 8 August 1995) is a Finnish-Turkish professional

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player for

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of the Turkish

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(BSL) and the EuroCup. Odabasi grew up with the

Tapiolan Honka Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Their men's team plays in Korisliiga and their women's team plays in Naisten Korisliiga, both on highest tiers of Finnish basketball. History It was founded as a sports club Tapion Ho ...

. He moved to Fenerbahçe Ülker in summer 2012 but in 2013 he returned to Honka. He was named

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Rookie of the Year in season 2013-14, finishing with averages of 8,0 points and 3,9 rebounds per game. He played in the Adidas Nations tournament for Team Europe in

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, 2012. He averaged 13,8 points and 8,5 rebounds per game. Odabasi transferred from

Helsinki Seagulls Helsinki Seagulls is a professional basketball team, based in Helsinki, Finland. The club is playing in the Korisliiga, the highest tier of basketball in Finland. The Seagulls were founded in 2013 and made its debut in the Korisliiga in 2014, aft ...

during the 2014-15 season of

. He played 12 games in Honka before the transfer, averaging 13,3 points and 6,8 rebounds per game.

Finnish national team

He has been member of the Finnish Under-16, Under-18 and Under-20 national team. He scored team high 15,7 points per game in 2011 European U-16 Championship. Playing for

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, Odabasi was named

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of the

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Division B held in 2015, where he averaged 17.7 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.

Personal life

He has a

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mother and

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father.

References

External links

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Ozan Odabasi
fibaeurope.com
Adidas Nations
netscoutsbasketball.com 1995 births Living people Finnish men's basketball players Finnish people of Turkish descent Power forwards Helsinki Seagulls players Turkish men's basketball players Sportspeople from Espoo {{Finland-basketball-bio-stub