Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984) is a Turkish professional

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player for

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of the

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(LBA). Standing at , he plays the point guard position. Atsür played

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at the North Carolina State University from 2003 to 2007. He has also

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by his mother.

Early years

Atsür attended Saint-Benoit French High School in Istanbul. He started playing basketball in the youth teams of Efes Pilsen S.K. After one year in the Turkish Second League, Atsür moved to

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to study business administration at

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on an athletic scholarship and he graduated in 2007. Atsür was the starting point guard for NC State all four years. He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team for his junior season.

Pro career

Atsür signed his first professional contract with the

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team Benetton Treviso on June 30, 2007. After spending one season in Italy, he signed a contract with the

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team Efes Pilsen. For the 2009–10 season, Atsür signed a contract with

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. After a successful season with

(27 games in

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with 30.0 min, 13.1 pts, 48.3% FG, 40.8% 3P, 80.2% FT, 3.0 reb, 4.4 ast, 1.4 stl, 2.4 TO), Atsür signed with Fenerbahçe for two years. On June 29, 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Galatasaray Medical Park. On June, 2013, Atsur's Galatasaray won the league championship after defeating Banvit B.K. in the

finals. On June 23, 2014, Atsür returned to his former team Beşiktaş, when he signed a 2-year deal with an option for a third year. On July 14, 2016, Atsür signed with German club Alba Berlin. On September 5, 2017, he signed with Italian club

Turkish national team

At the 2002 European Championship for Junior Men at Germany, Atsür averaged 22.3 PPG and he was selected to the All-Tournament First Team as the best shooting guard of the competition. Atsür was also a member of the senior Turkish national team, and figured in Turkey's squad that finished sixth in the

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held in Japan.

Milestones

At North Carolina State: * 33rd player in North Carolina State University history to score over 1,000 points; scored 1181 points in his career. * 2nd best three-point shooter in school history * 4th best in minutes played in school history (3,838 min- 119 games- 32,3 mpg) * Averaged 9.9 PPG over his career Gopack.com
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References

External links

Atsür's Bio At Gopack.com

TurkSports.Net Profile

Draftexpress.com Profile

TBLStat.net Profile
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