Rasim Başak

Rasim Başak (born Ruslan Avleev on 17 February 1980) is a retired Azerbaijani-Turkish professional basketball player. The power forward is 2.02 m tall and 100 kg weight and wears numbers 8. He has Russian mother and Azeri father but also has Turkish citizenship and he already played several times for the Turkish national team. He will play for Azerbaijan national basketball team after TBF's permit.[1][2][3][4]

Rasim Başak
Personal information
Born (1980-02-17) February 17, 1980
Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityAzerbaijani / Turkish / Russian
Listed height6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2002 / undrafted
Playing career1999–2019
PositionPower forward / Small forward
Number8
Career history
1999-2003Oyak Renault
2003-2010Fenerbahçe
2010-2011Türk Telekom B.K.
2011-2012Antalya B.B.
2012-2013Trabzonspor
2015-2019Aztop

Career highlights
  • 1998 Turkish Youth Championship with Oyak Renault
  • Second place of Turkish 2nd Basketball League with Oyak Renault
  • 2004–05 FIBA Europe League Final Four with Fenerbahçe
  • 2007, 2008, 2010 Turkish Basketball League Champions with Fenerbahçe
  • 2007 Turkish President's Cup Champion with Fenerbahçe

International career

He played for Turkish national team in EuroBasket 2003 and started to play for Azerbaijan national team since July 2010.

References
  1. Rasim to play for Azeri's
  2. Basak will play for Azerbaijan Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Rasim Basak will play for Azeri Basketball
  4. Turkey let Rasim to play for Azeri's
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