Andrey Kirilenko

Andrey Kirilenko is a famous Russian basketball player. Honored Master of Sports. He is one of the most titled athletes in Russia. His technical arsenal is the envy of even black basketball lawmakers in the United States. In 2015 he was elected President of the Russian Basketball Federation.

Andrey Gennadievich Kirilenko was born on February 18, 1981 in Izhevsk. His whole family is associated with sports. Father Gennady Kirilenko is the coach of the Iskra women's football team. Mother Olga Kirilenko - a basketball player, played for the clubs "Burevestnik", "Spartak", "Skorokhod". When Olga was carrying Andrei, his father was taken into the army, so the girl went to give birth to her hometown, to her mother in Izhevsk.

Therefore, in fact, Andrei was born in Izhevsk. But he spent all his childhood in Leningrad. He also has a younger brother. He was fond of football, but due to an injury to the nasal septum, which prevented him from training in the fall and spring, he left professional sports.

Andrei is often credited with a relationship with the famous tennis player Maria Kirilenko. But, as it turned out, they are just namesakes. The guys know each other, but they are not relatives.

As a child, Kirilenko was engaged in swimming, handball, football. Studying in grade 1, the boy went to a sports school, to the basketball section. Alexey Vasiliev was his coach. Soon Andrei realized that he wanted to play basketball at a professional level. And already in 1995 he became the champion of Russia among the players born in 1981.

At the age of 17 he started playing for the basketball club "Spartak". Thus, he became the youngest professional player in the history of the championships. He was trained by Anatoly Steinbock. But he spent only a year at Spartak.

In 1998, the basketball player transferred to CSKA. Stanislav Eremin invited him to the club. Despite his young age, Andrei immediately showed what he is capable of. In the first game for the CSKA team, he gains 25 points. During the time spent at CSKA, Kirilenko becomes the champion of Russia, he is recognized as the best player in the championship.

In 2000, Andrei Kirilenko was enrolled in the national team, this year he and the team performed at the Sydney Olympics. True, they only managed to reach the quarterfinals.

Soon Andrei Kirilenko becomes the absolute leader in the Russian national team. The basketball player participates in the European Championships in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. In 2005 he became the team captain. But the most significant game in the national team was the game at Eurobasket 2007 in Spain. They become the undisputed leaders of the continental championship.

Of course, his achievements were noticed in America as well. He soon began playing for the NBA Utah Jazz. In 2005, Andrey became the best NBA player in terms of the total number of block shots (220), and he also managed to make two triple doubles - this is an achievement in the world of basketball. Andrei played for Utah Jazz until 2011. He played 680 games for the NBA team.

In July 2008, Kirilenko was honored to fly the Russian flag at the opening of the Beijing Olympics. At the ceremony, all attention was riveted to the Russian standard bearer. The athlete's height is 208 cm, it was simply impossible not to notice him.

In 2011, Andrey became a free agent, the athlete signs a three-year contract with CSKA. Under the terms of the agreement, in the event of the end of the lockout, the basketball player has the right to return to the NBA. He soon signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball club. In 2013, Andrey played for the Brooklyn Nets. And in 2015 he returned to CSKA. The team became the champion of Russia in the VTB United League.

After which Kirilenko announced the end of his sports career. In 2015, he was unanimously elected to the post of President of the Russian Basketball Federation.

What nicknames Andrei did not receive during his sports career. For example, Spartak's doctor called him Alfredo, associating the basketball player with Freddy Krueger, who had large hands with knives, like Kirilenko. At CSKA, his teammate Gundars Vetra called him the Joker. According to Wind, not only does he look like the movie character played by Jack Nicholson, but for the team he was a kind of stored up joker, coming out seventh or eighth on the court.

But the main and firmly stuck nickname of Andrey is AK-47. He earned it almost as soon as he started playing in America. In the USA, fans often use the initials of the players, and he took the 47th number in the team himself. AK-47 - Kalashnikov assault rifle - was the best way to characterize the Russian basketball player in America.

He met his wife Maria Lopatova at the “Basketball of the Future” event. Maria's father is the world basketball champion Andrei Lopatov. At the time of their acquaintance, the girl was in a relationship with the soloist of the Ivanushki International group, Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov. Maria is 8 years older than Andrey. The family lives in America, in Los Angeles.

Before meeting Kirilenko, Maria was building a singing career - the girl performed under the pseudonym Malo. But, after getting married in 2001, Lopatova recorded an album and decided to leave the stage. By the way, Andrey himself starred in one of her videos.

The couple is raising 4 children: three sons - Fedor, Stepan, Andrey, and a daughter Sasha, whom they adopted in 2009.

Basketball player Andrei Kirilenko is involved in charity work. In 2003, he created the Kirilenko's Kids Foundation in the USA. And in 2006, the fund began to function in Russia. Kirilenko helps orphanages, sports veterans, sports schools. In 2012, the basketball player donated all the royalties earned under a contract with CSKA to his charitable foundation.

Kirilenko runs Instagram, uploads photos from games, from work meetings. In the athlete's account, you can "meet" many famous people - Ivan Urgant, Ronaldinho, Sergei Mazayev, Zemfira and others.

In December 2017, the Kirilenko family's house in Los Angeles burned down. This was announced by his son Fedor in his Instagram. No one was injured in the fire.

1998 - silver medalist at the World Youth Games 2000 - best player in the Russian championship 2004 - participant in the NBA All-Star Game 2005 - leader of the NBA regular championship in block shots 2007 - gold medal at the European Championship in Spain 2007 - FIBA ​​Europe Player of the Year 2007 - MVP Eurobasket 2011 - bronze medal at the European Championship in Lithuania 2012 - best player in the Russian championship 2012 - player of the year FIBA ​​Europe 2012 - bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics - best European basketball player of the year Euroscar

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