Dmitry Nikolaevich Sokolov (alternate spelling: Dmitri Sokolov) (russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Соколов; born January 21, 1985) is a Russian professional

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player for

Khimki Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station th ...

of the

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

. He plays at the

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position.

Professional career

Sokolov has played with Dynamo Stavropol, Pulkovo St. Petersburg, Lokomotiv Rostov,

UNICS Kazan BC UNICS (russian: БК УНИКС) is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia, that plays in the VTB United League, and formerly played in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 202 ...

, and

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...

during his professional career. He joined CSKA in June 2009. He returned to

in 2013. In June 2015, he left UNICS. On July 31, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Krasny Oktyabr. On December 16, 2015, he left them and signed with

for the rest of the season. On June 23, 2016, he re-signed with Khimki for one more season.Dmitry Sokolov signs a contract extension with Khimki Moscow
/ref> He returned to Khimki in March, 2019.

National team

Sokolov played for the Russian national basketball team at the

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and

EuroBasket 2013 EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24. France defeated Lithuania in th ...

References

External links

Dmitry Sokolov
at euroleague.net
Dmitry Sokolov
at eurobasket.com

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