Dmitri Sergeyevich Upper (; born July 27, 1978) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

i former professional

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center. He also holds

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n citizenship.

Career

Upper was selected by the New York Islanders in the 5th round (136th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, after scoring 20 points and 50 penalty minutes in his first season in the Russian Superleague with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. He was traded to Ak Bars Kazan midway through the 2000–01 season, and joined Spartak Moscow the following year. He had a career high 16 goals, as well as 76 penalty minutes in his first year with the club. He played four seasons with CSKA Moscow, scoring 27 points in 2005–06, before rejoining Spartak Moscow in 2007. He was named team captain in 2009, and had 30 points that season, but was traded to Atlant Moscow Oblast in the 2010 offseason. Injuries limited his productivity in his first season with the team. In 2012, he joined Kazakhstan team Barys Astana.

International career

Upper has represented his native

in multiple tournaments, including the 1996 and 1997 IIHF World U20 Championship, the Ice Hockey World Championships in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, 2005 and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1978 births Ak Bars Kazan players Barys Astana captains Barys Astana players Kazakhstani expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast players HC CSKA Moscow players HC Spartak Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Kazakhstani ice hockey centres Kazakhstani people of German descent Kazzinc-Torpedo players Living people New York Islanders draft picks Olympic ice hockey players for Kazakhstan Ice hockey people from Oskemen Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in ice hockey {{Kazakhstan-icehockey-bio-stub