Ivan_Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Belarusian retired basketball player and coach
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko (Belarusian: Іван Іванавіч Ядэшка, romanized: Ivan Ivanavich Yadeshka; Russian: Иван Иванович Едешко; born 25 March 1945[1]) is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player and coach.
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Born | (1945-03-25) 25 March 1945 (age 79) Stsiatski [be] Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Soviet and Belarusian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1967: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1963–1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1963–1970 | Spartak Minsk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1977 | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1979 | SKA Kyiv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | SKA Kyiv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1982–1987 | Soviet Union (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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During his club career, Edeshko trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow. He spent most of his career with CSKA Moscow.
Edeshko won a gold medal with the senior Soviet national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the gold medal game against the American national team, Edeshko's full-court length inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left on the game clock. The game's final score was 51–50.[2][3]
- "Профиль на сайте НОК Белоруссии". Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- (in Russian) Biography
- (in Russian) CSKAlogia.com profile
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