Evgeni Kisurin (alternate spelling: Evgeny) (born January 28, 1969) is a Russian former professional
basketball
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player, and
coach
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. At a height of 2.07 m tall, he played at the
power forward
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and
center
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positions.
College career
Kisurin played
college basketball
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at
VCU.
Professional career
Kisurin spent an important part of his career playing for
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 ...
. He helped his team reach the
EuroLeague Final Four
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in
1996.
National team career
Kisurin was a regular member of the senior
Russian national basketball team. With Russia, he won silver medals at the
1994 FIBA World Championship, and
1998 FIBA World Championship
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. He also won a bronze medal at the
1997 EuroBasket
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.
He also played at the
1999 EuroBasket
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, and at the
2000 Summer Olympic Games
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.
Evgeny KISURIN (RUS).
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Coaching career
On April 8, 2013, he was appointed the acting head coach
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of the Russian club Spartak Saint-Petersburg.
References
External links
FIBA Profile
Italian League Profile
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1969 births
Living people
BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players
Centers (basketball)
KK Cibona players
KK Włocławek players
Pallacanestro Varese players
PBC CSKA Moscow players
Power forwards (basketball)
Russian men's basketball players
Russian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Soviet men's basketball players
VCU Rams men's basketball players
Olympique Antibes basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Russia
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
1998 FIBA World Championship players
1994 FIBA World Championship players
Sportspeople from Novosibirsk