Sergey Vladimirovich Bykov (alternate spelling: Sergei Bykov) (russian: Сергей Владимирович Быков; born February 26, 1983) is a Russian former professional

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player and

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. Standing at , he played at the

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and

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positions.

Professional playing career

Club career

Bykov began playing with the junior youth clubs of

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. He made his professional debut with Spartak Moscow during the 2000–01 season. He moved to

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before the 2001–02 season. He then moved to Universitet Surgut before the 2004–05 season. He then returned to Dynamo Moscow before the 2005–06 season. In 2010, he joined

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, signing a three-year contract worth

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4.5 million

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. Only one year later, in June 2011 he signed with

Lokomotiv Kuban PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (russian: ПБК «Локомотив Кубань») is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. The club participates in the VTB United League. The team is one of the top tier basketball teams in Russia. T ...

. He parted ways with Lokomotiv on February 14, 2014. Five days layer, he signed with

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. On July 10, 2015, he parted ways with UNICS. On July 13, 2015, he returned to Lokomotiv Kuban for the 2015–16 season. On December 5, 2016, he signed with

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for the rest of the season. Bykove retired from playing professional basketball after the 2016–17 season.

Russian national team

Bykov was also a member of the senior

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. With Russia's senior national team, he won the gold medal at

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, and the bronze medal at

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Coaching career

After retiring from playing professional basketball in 2017, Bykov started working as a

. He became an assistant coach with the senior men's

, in August 2017.Βykov added in the coaching stuff of Russian national team.
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References

External links

Sergei Bykov
at euroleague.net
Sergei Bykov
at vtb-league.com

at fiba.com (archive) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bykov, Sergei 1983 births Living people 2010 FIBA World Championship players Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics BC Avtodor Saratov players BC Dynamo Moscow players BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players BC UNICS players FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Olympic basketball players of Russia PBC CSKA Moscow players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players Point guards Russian basketball coaches Russian men's basketball players Shooting guards