Rasim Başak (born Ruslan Avleev on 17 February 1980) is a retired

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

i- Turkish professional

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player. The power forward is 2.02 m tall and 100 kg weight and wears numbers 8. He has

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n mother and

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father but also has Turkish citizenship and he already played several times for the Turkish national team. He will play for

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after TBF's permit.Turkey let Rasim to play for Azeri's
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Career highlights

* 1998 Turkish Youth Championship with

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* Second place of Turkish 2nd Basketball League with

2004–05 FIBA Europe League The 2004–05 FIBA Europe League was the second season of the third tier in European basketball. A total of 32 teams participated in the regular season. BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg won its first FIBA Europe League title. Teams The labels in the ...

Final Four with Fenerbahçe * 2007, 2008, 2010

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Champions with Fenerbahçe * 2007 Turkish President's Cup Champion with Fenerbahçe

International career

He played for Turkish national team in

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and started to play for Azerbaijan national team since July 2010.

External links

TBLStat.net ProfileTurkSports.Net ProfilePlayer profile on fenerbahce.orgPlayer profile on euroleague.net

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Basak, Rasim 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Baku Russian men's basketball players Turkish men's basketball players Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi players Azerbaijani men's basketball players Azerbaijani emigrants to Turkey Azerbaijani expatriate basketball people in Turkey Russian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Fenerbahçe men's basketball players Oyak Renault basketball players Türk Telekom B.K. players Power forwards (basketball) Small forwards