Andrei Kirilenko

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Born
1981 (45 years old)
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Izhevsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Position
Power Forward

Status
Retired

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White

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6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Weight
235 lb (107 kg)

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Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Кириленко; born February 18, 1981) is a Russian-American basketball executive and former professional basketball player, currently the commissioner of the Russian Basketball Federation.

At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball Super League. He spent three years with CSKA Moscow from 1998 to 2001, winning the Russian league MVP award in 2000. In 2001, Kirilenko joined the Utah Jazz, who drafted him twenty-fourth overall in 1999. He became the first Russian player selected in the first round of a draft and the youngest European player drafted. He made the NBA All-Rookie First Team after his first season, was an NBA All-Defensive Team pick three times and played in the 2004 All-Star Game. During the 2011 NBA lockout, Kirilenko spent another year with CSKA Moscow, leading them to the 2012 EuroLeague Final. The same year, he was named the competition's Most Valuable Player, earned an All-EuroLeague first team selection and won the EuroLeague Best Defender award.

Since the 2000 Summer Olympics, Kirilenko has been a regular member of the Russian national team. With Russia, he won the EuroBasket title in 2007, earning MVP honors in the process. In 2011, he won his second EuroBasket medal, this time the bronze. He was selected to the All-Tournament Team on both occasions. Kirilenko was named FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year twice, and won a Euroscar Player of the Year award in 2012.

Kirilenko is nicknamed "AK-47", in reference to both his initials, the jersey number he wore, and the AK-47 rifle. Coincidentally, Kirilenko was born in the city of Izhevsk, in the former Soviet Union (now in Russia), where the weapon was first manufactured. In January 2011, he became a U.S. citizen.

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Trophies

Olympics Bronze	Russia Basketball	2012
EuroLeague Best Defender	PBC CSKA Moscow	2011-2012
All-EuroLeague First Team	PBC CSKA Moscow	2011-2012
EuroLeague MVP	PBC CSKA Moscow	2011-2012
FIBA EuroBasket	Russia Basketball	2007
NBA blocks leader	Utah Jazz	2005
NBA All Star	Utah Jazz	2004

Milestones

EuroBasket All-Tournament Team	Russia Basketball	2011-09-19

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Former Senior Teams

BC Spartak Saint Petersburg	1997-1998	Permanent	-	-
PBC CSKA Moscow	1998-2001	Permanent	-	-
Utah Jazz	2001-2011	Permanent	-	-
PBC CSKA Moscow	2011-2012	Permanent	-	-
Minnesota Timberwolves	2012-2013	Permanent	-	-
Brooklyn Nets	2013-2014	Permanent	-	-
PBC CSKA Moscow	2015	Permanent	-	-