Artem Pustovyi ( ua, Артем Пустовий; born June 25, 1992) is a Ukrainian professional

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player for

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in the Spanish league. He also represents the Ukrainian national team.

Professional career

Ukraine

Pustovyi started his professional basketball career for

BC Khimik Khimik Yuzhne ( uk, Хімік Южне) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Yuzhne. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In 2006, the club reached the final of the EuroCup Challenge, where they were d ...

( Yuzhne, Ukraine) in 2009. In season 2014-15 of the

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he averaged 10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game and

won the championship. Despite such success, Pustovyi decided to leave the SuperLeague of Ukraine and continue his professional basketball career abroad.

Spain

On June 18, 2015 he signed with Spanish club

Obradoiro CAB Obradoiro Clube de Amigos do Baloncesto (lit, Obradoiro Friends of Basketball Club), also known as Monbus Obradoiro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. They currently compete in t ...

of the

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. In 28 games of the

in season 2015-16 Ukrainian center averaged 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. The next 2016-17 season Pustovyi significantly improved his skills. In 31 games for

of the Spanish Basketball League he averaged 9.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. After that season he made a decision to extend the contract with the Spanish club. On July 2, 2021, he has signed with Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish

. On July 8, 2022,

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released Pustovyi. On July 17, 2022, he has signed with

in the Spanish league.

National team career

Pustovyi played for Ukraine's Under-20 team during the FIBA Europe U-20 Championship in

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and

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. In 2011 he averaged 9.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game and in 2012 it was 14.9 points and 6 rebounds per game. His debut for the

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was in 2013 at the

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in Slovenia. He also played at

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. and

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. The most successful performance for the national team of Ukraine at this time is considered to be his play at the European Basketball Championship 2017. Pustovyi averaged 22.5 minutes on the court with 15.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. He ranks 9th place in the Efficiency rating among all players of

and 5th place among the

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References

External links

Artem Pustovyi
at acb.com 1992 births Living people 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Basketball players from Kyiv BC Khimik players CB Gran Canaria players Centers (basketball) FC Barcelona Bàsquet players Liga ACB players Obradoiro CAB players Ukrainian expatriate basketball people in Spain Ukrainian men's basketball players {{Ukraine-basketball-bio-stub