Alexander Volkov (basketball)

Alexander Volkov

250px Oleksandr Volkov in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1964-03-28) March 28, 1964 Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1986 / Round: 6 / Pick: 134th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	1981–2002
Position	Power forward
Number	8
Career history
1981–1986	Stroitel (USSR)
1986–1988	CSKA Moscow (USSR)
1988–1989	Stroitel (USSR)
1989–1992	Atlanta Hawks
1992–1993	Reggio Calabria (Italy)
1993–1994	Panathinaikos (Greece)
1994–1995	Olympiacos (Greece)
2000–2002	Kyiv (Ukraine)
Career highlights and awards
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's Basketball Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul USSR World Championships 1986 Spain USSR 1990 Argentina USSR European Championships 1985 West Germany USSR 1987 Greece USSR 1989 Yugoslavia USSR

Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Волков; born March 28, 1964) is a retired Soviet-Ukraine professional basketball player of Russian ethnicity. At 6'10" (2.08 m), he played the forward position and was born in Omsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.

Professional career

He played professionally for Stroitel (1981–1986; 1988–1989), CSKA Moscow (1986–1988), the Atlanta Hawks (1989–1992), Panasonic Reggio Calabria (1992–1993), Panathinaikos (1993–1994), Olympiacos (1994–1995), and Kyiv (2000–2002).

He was one of the founders of BC Kyiv. Volkov, who already retired from playing in 1995, returned for several appearances to help the newly found team in 2000. He has also served as the team's president.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1989–90	Atlanta	72	4	13.0	.482	.382	.583	1.7	1.2	.5	.3	5.0
1991–92	Atlanta	77	27	19.7	.441	.318	.631	3.4	3.2	.9	.4	8.6
Career		149	31	16.5	.455	.333	.613	2.6	2.2	.7	.3	6.8

International career

Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team. He also came out briefly from retirement to play for the Ukraine national basketball team in 1998.

Politics

From 1999 to 2000, he served as Minister of Sports in Ukraine. In June 2007, he was elected the head of the Ukrainian Basketball Federation.

Volkov was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2006 on the party list of the Our Ukraine Bloc. But against the will of his faction, he joined the Anti-Crisis Coalition, which prompted early elections. In the early parliamentary elections in 2007 he was reelected to Parliament through the Party of Regions. Volkov was again elected through the Party of Regions to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2012. But left this party's faction in parliament on 17 April 2014. and joined the (then new) faction Economic Development one week later.

External links

• nba.com/historical/playerfile
• basketpedya.com
• Alexander Volkov at Basketball-Reference.com
• Contact Sports Signs Alexander "Sasha" Volkov. Business Wire. 29 April 2002.
• Player Profile - Eurobasket.com
• Player Profile - Legabasket.it
• Player Profile - eurobasket.lt