Andrey Desyatnikov | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 7 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 232 |
Team: | Free agent |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1994 |
Birth Place: | Vladivostok, Russia |
Draft Year: | 2016 |
Career Start: | 2015 |
Years1: | 2014–2019 |
Team1: | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
Years2: | 2015 |
Team2: | → Rossiya Novogorsk |
Years3: | 2017–2018 |
Team3: | → Wilki Morskie Szczecin |
Years4: | 2019–2021 |
Team4: | Khimki |
Years5: | 2021–2022 |
Team5: | Dynamo Vladivostok |
Years6: | 2022 |
Team6: | Samara |
Years7: | 2022–2023 |
Team7: | CSKA Moscow |
Andrey Valeryevich Desyatnikov (ru|Андрей Валерьевич Десятников; born May 4, 1994) is a Russian professional basketball player.
Desyatnikov began playing with the junior teams of Spartak Primorie Vladivostok, and played with their Under-18 team during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. He was invited to the Jordan Brand Classic's International Game in 2010.
He then played with the Under-18 junior team of Triumph Lyubertsy during the 2011–12 season, and with the Under-23 team of Triumph Lyubertsy (Triumph Lyubertsy 2), during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.[1] [2]
He then moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg for the 2014–15 season, and he made his senior men's professional debut in 2015 with them, after playing in both the Russian 1st-tier VTB United League, and in the European 2nd-tier league, the EuroCup.
During the 2014–15 season, he also played with Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 (the club's Under-23 team), and with Rossiya Novogorsk on loan. Desyatnikov declared as an early entrant for the 2015 NBA draft, but he withdrew before the draft.[3]
Desyatnikov played with the junior national teams of Russia at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament and FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in 2012.[4] He also played with the junior national teams of Russia at both the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship and the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won a bronze medal playing with Russia's national university team at the 2015 World University Games.
He was selected to the senior men's Russian national basketball team for the EuroBasket 2015.