Irkut inks Ruslan Abdulbasirov

Ruslan Abdulbasirov

BC Irkut Irkutsk (Superleague 2) agreed terms with 26-year old center Ruslan Abdulbasirov (211-97kg-93). He played last season at BK Tambov. In 32 Superleague 2 games he had 13.4ppg, 8.0rpg and 1.6bpg. Abdulbasirov helped them to end the regular season as a second best team in the league. Quite impressive season as he was voted Eurobasket.com All-Russian Superleague 2 Center of the Year, named to 1st Team and League Player of the Week (3 times).
The previous (18-19) season he was tested by Spartak St.Petersburg (Superleague 1).
He represented Russia at the World University Games in Taipei (Taiwan) three years ago. His stats at that event were 8 games: 12.6ppg, Reb-5 (8.9rpg), 1.3bpg, FGP: 52.5%, 3PT: 47.4%, FT: 75.0%.
Abdulbasirov has played previously for six other teams: Dynamo Stavropol, Kupol-Rodniki, BC Samara 2nd team, Lokomotiv Kuban 2nd team, Samara and Rusichi Kursk.
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Abdulbasirov was voted Eurobasket.com All-Russian Higher League Defensive Player of the Year back in 2015.

BC Irkut Irkutsk roster for 2020-2021:

Guards:
Pavel Aleksandrov
Roman Rubinshteyn
Kiril Konovalov

Forward:
Ilya Aginskikh

Center:
Ruslan Abdulbasirov

Coach: Vadim Filatov

By Eurobasket Data Center