- Vassili Karasev
Vassili Karasev (born
April 14 ,1971 inSt. Petersburg ,USSR (Present dayRussia }) is a retired Russian professionalbasketball player. He was a 1.93 m (6'4")point guard .Pro career
For many years Karasev was the starting point guard of the Russian League club CSKA Moscow in the
Euroleague . He also led CSKA to the 1996Euroleague Final Four. He was selected to theFIBA EuroStars team in the years 1997, 1998, and 1999. He is widely considered to be one of the best European play makers of the decade of the 1990s.Russian national basketball team
Karasev was the starting play maker of the Russian national basketball team between 1993 and 2003. With Russia's national team, Karasev won two European Championship medals, the silver medal at the 1993 European Championship and the bronze medal at the 1997 European Championship. He also won two World Championship silver medals, one at the
1994 FIBA World Championship and one at the1998 FIBA World Championship .At the
1998 FIBA World Championship , he was selected to the All-Tournament Team.External links
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_8708.compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1996.roundID_1384.teamID_2100.html#{EE8BF90B-A248-4E23-9261-24A24DD6A07C} FIBAEurope.com Profile]
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=AXG&seasoncode=E2001 Euroleague.net Profile]
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