Pavel Zakharov (russian: Павел Захаров; born 3 May 2001) is a Russian professional

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player for CSKA Moscow of the

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. He played

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for the

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and

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Early life and career

Zakharov was born in

Sør-Varanger Sør-Varanger ( sme, Máttá-Várjjat, fkv, Etelä-Varenki, fi, Etelä-Varanki, russian: Сёр-Вара́нгер/Syor-Varánger) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town ...

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, and spoke

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as a child. In June 2017, he attended the

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EuroCamp in

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, Italy. In the 2017–18 season, Zakharov played for the junior team of Russian club

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in the

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. In 21 games, he averaged 10.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. In January 2018, Zakharov joined the CSKA Moscow junior team at Kaunas qualifiers for the Adidas Next Generation Tournament. In the 2018–19 season, he played basketball for

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, a prep school in Montverde, Florida with a prestigious basketball program. In November 2018, Zakharov drew attention as one of the best prospects at the National Prep Showcase in

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. During 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend, he attended the Basketball Without Borders camp.

Recruiting

Zakharov was considered a consensus four-star

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and ranked among the top 50 players in the 2019 recruiting class by

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and

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. On 19 November 2018, he committed to play

for Gonzaga.

College career

Zakharov played sparingly during his two years at Gonzaga. After his sophomore season, he transferred to California Baptist.

National team career

Zakharov played for

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at the

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, Montenegro. In seven games, he averaged 8.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. He returned to national team duty at the

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, where he averaged 7.3 points and five rebounds per game over seven appearances.

Career statistics

College

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, style="text-align:left;", Gonzaga , 10 , , 0 , , 2.8 , , .333 , , .500 , , .500 , , .4 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , .8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;", California Baptist , 4 , , 0 , , 10.0 , , .143 , , .000 , , .600 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , .3 , , 1.0 , , 1.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 33 , , 0 , , 4.6 , , .459 , , .333 , , .591 , , .8 , , .1 , , .1 , , .2 , , 1.5

References

External links

California Baptist Lancers bioGonzaga Bulldogs bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zakharov, Pavel 2001 births Living people Basketball players from Saint Petersburg California Baptist Lancers men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball players Montverde Academy alumni People from Sør-Varanger Sportspeople from Finnmark Power forwards Russian expatriate basketball people in the United States Russian men's basketball players