Roman Rubinshteyn (; born August 22, 1996) is a Belarusian-Israeli professional

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of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

. Standing at , he plays at the

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positions.

Early life

Rubinshteyn was born in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

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. He played for Tsmoki-Minsk youth team.

Professional career

In 2012, Rubinshteyn started his professional career with Tsmoki-Minsk II, the

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of Tsmoki-Minsk. On August 30, 2016, Rubinshteyn signed with Zlatorog Laško of the Slovenian Premier A. Rubinshteyn helped Zlatorog reach the 2017 Slovenian League playoffs as the third seed, but they eventually lost to Rogaška in the Semifinals. In July 2017, Rubinshteyn returned to Tsmoki-Minsk for the 2017–18 season. On December 16, 2017, Rubinshteyn recorded a career-high 29 points, shooting 19-for-20 from the free throw line, along with six rebounds and four assists in a 94–99 loss to Borisfen Mogilev. In 46 games played during the 2017–18 season, he averaged 11.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Rubinshteyn won the 2018 Belarusian League and the 2018 Belarusian Cup titles with Tsmoki-Minsk. On July 30, 2018, Rubinshteyn signed a one-year deal with

Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

of the

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. However, on February 15, 2019, Rubinshteyn parted ways with Legia to join

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

of the

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. On July 1, 2019, he parted ways with Be'er Sheva. On August 22, 2019, Rubinshteyn signed with Hapoel Hevel Modi'in of the Israeli National League for the 2019–20 season. On January 24, 2021, Rubinshteyn signed with

of the

for the 2020–21 season.

National team career

Rubinshteyn is a member of the Belarus national basketball team. He was also a member of the Under-16, Under-18 and Under-20 Belarus national teams. In July 2015, Rubinshteyn participated in the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he averaged 12.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists, leading the U-20 Belarusian team to the fifth place.

Personal life

Rubinshteyn also holds an Israeli passport.

References

External links

FIBA profile

Eurobasket profile

RealGM profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubinshteyn, Roman 1996 births Living people BC Tsmoki-Minsk players 21st-century Belarusian Jews Belarusian men's basketball players Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. players Hapoel Hevel Modi'in B.C. players Legia Warsaw (basketball) players Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players from Minsk