Vladimir Boisa or Vladimer Boisa (born July 4, 1981) is a Georgian former professional basketball player. Since 2013 he is the vice-president of

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Professional career

Boisa has spent the most successful years of his career in Slovenia, where he played for Olimpija for the four seasons. During the last season with the club, Boisa participated in Euroleague, where his average stats were 15.8 points and 6.3 rebounds. He managed to score 28 points against

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during the season, which is the highest points he has ever scored in the competition. Later he moved to Italy and joined

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in 2005. During his season-long spell in Greece with

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, Boisa averaged 4.1 points and 2.5 rebounds in the

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. The Georgian player has

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experience as well, as he played for

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during 2008-09 season, averaging 4 points and 2 rebound in 18 minutes of playing time. He was released by the club in February, 2009. Boisa returned to Olimpija in 2010, having spent the only season for the club. In 2012, during his final year of career Boisa moved again to Greece and joined

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. His last club was

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. He left the club at the start of year 2013 and decided to retire.

National team

Vladimir Boisa played for the Georgia national team. He was one of the members of the team, which won

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. Boisa participated with his national team in

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as well, averaging 2.6 points per game.

Personal life

Boisa is married to a Slovenian woman and has two children: a boy named Lian and a daughter named Naia. Vladimer's brother

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is also a basketball player. The brothers participated together for

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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References

External links

Profile at basketball-reference.comACB ProfileEuroleague official site player profileAris BC official site player profile in Greek or English
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