Volodymyr Gerun (born 25 March 1994) is a Ukrainian professional

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player for

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of the

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Playing career

Gerun started out with his home town club

BC Dnipro Basketball Club Dnipro ( uk, баскетбольний клуб "Дніпро"), commonly known as simply Dnipro, is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Dnipro. The home court of the club is Palace of Sports Shynnik. The wome ...

for the

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season.El Breogán ficha al mejor jugador de la LEB Oro, Volodymyr Gerun

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, 21 July 2018. Accessed 30 April 2021. At age 18, Volodymyr Gerun left his native country

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for the USA-based

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. After his tenure in the

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, he returned to Europe. In

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, he progressively climbed the steps from

LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated t ...

until he reached the

. In 2015, he joined

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, a subsidiary of

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as just Fuenlabrada and also Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons,, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at F ...

, from which he moved to

Força Lleida CE Força Lleida Club Esportiu, also known as ICG Força Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain and plays in the Barris Nord, in LEB Oro league. History The club born in the summer of 2012 ...

of the

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, then

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. His good performances in both clubs aroused the interest of Barcelona, which incorporated him into their subsidiary

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for the 2017–18 LEB Oro season. In 2017–18, he played 30 games in which he averaged about 29 minutes, 14.8 points, 8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 5 fouls received. He was voted best player of the day on several occasions. In July 2018, he signed with

CB Breogán Club Baloncesto Breogán, S.A.D., also known as Río Breogán for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Lugo, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. The club was founded in 1966 by the Varela-Portas brothers. The team pla ...

for one year. He became the first signing made official by Breogán. During the

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, he averaged 11.4 points (59% in shots of two and 62% in free throws) and 6.6 rebounds. Against his later team Baloncesto Málaga, he recorded a noteworthy 11 offensive rebounds in both matchups combined. Gerun signed with Baloncesto Málaga for the

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, alongside

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. Gerun signed for three seasons, although with cut-off clauses for both parties. Gerun, Thompson and

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came as replacements for inside players

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, Mathias Lessort and

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. Gerun, Thompson and Guerrero played under head coach

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in that season. On August 17, 2021, he has signed with

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of the Turkish

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. On July 14, 2022, he has signed with

of the

National team

Gerun has been a member of the Ukrainian national basketball team at

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as well as at the junior levels under-18 and under-16.

References

External links

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