Igor Boyarkin ( uk, Ігор Бояркін; born June 13, 1995) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player for the

Kanazawa Samuraiz Kanazawa Samuraiz ( ja, 金沢武士団, translit=''Kanazawa Samuraizu'') is a professional basketball club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The club plays in the third division of the B.League, which is the 3rd tier of basketball i ...

. He represents the

Ukrainian national basketball team The Ukraine men's national basketball team ( uk, збірна України з баскетболу) represents Ukraine in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Ind ...

Professional career

Born in

Druzhkivka Druzhkivka ( uk, Дружківка, ; russian: Дружковка, Druzhkovka) is a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (oblast, province) of Ukraine. Population: ; 64,557 (2001). The area of the ...

, Boyarkin began his basketball career in the

Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) ( uk, Українська баскетбольна суперліга) is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine. Established in 1992, the league is currently contested by 10 c ...

, with the

BC Donetsk Basketball Club Donetsk ( uk, баскетбольний клуб Донецьк), commonly known as simply Donetsk, was a Ukrainian professional basketball club, based in Donetsk. The team played in the Ukrainian SuperLeague. The mascot of the te ...

from 2013 to 2014. In September 2019, he signed with the

Kharkivski Sokoly Kharkivski Sokoly ( uk, Харківські Соколи; English: Kharkiv Falcons) is a Ukrainian basketball club based in Kharkiv. Founded in 2017, the team made its debut in the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague in 2019. History Founded in 20 ...

for the 2019–2020 season. On August 20, 2022, Boyarkin signed with

of Japanese

B.League The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that w ...

. On January 19, 2023, Boyarkin signed loan deal with

Alvark Tokyo Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo. The team, which is sponsored by Toyota, currently plays in the Japanese B.League. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. Founded as Toyota Pacers in 1948, ...

National team career

Boyarkin was a member of the

at the

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification was the first FIBA Basketball World Cup, World Cup for which teams had to qualify for under the new qualification system. The process determined 31 out of the 32 teams that participated at the 2019 ...

References

1995 births Living people Alvark Tokyo players BC Donetsk players BC Kharkivski Sokoly players BC Goverla players BC Cherkaski Mavpy players Kanazawa Samuraiz players Point guards Ukrainian men's basketball players {{Ukraine-basketball-bio-stub