Nikolay Padius (alternate spelling: Nikolai; born January 9, 1980, in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

SFSR The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics ( rus, Сою́зные Респу́блики, r=Soyúznye Respúbliki) were national-based administrative units of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

) is a Russian former professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. At a height of 1.97 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, and a weight of 93 kg (205 pounds), he played at the shooting guard position.

Professional career

Padius played professionally with the following clubs:

Spartak St. Petersburg BC Spartak Saint Petersburg is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. During the 2016–17 season, the club was named BC Kondrashin Belov (BCKB), after its former player Alexander Belov and its former head ...

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

Dynamo Moscow Region BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (russian: БК Зенит Санкт Петербург), formerly known as BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) and BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014), is a Russian professional basketball team that is located in Sain ...

UNICS Kazan BC UNICS (russian: БК УНИКС) is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia, that plays in the VTB United League, and formerly played in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 202 ...

, Spartak Primorje, and Lokomotiv Kuban.

National team career

Padius was a member of the junior national teams of Russia. With Russia's junior national teams, he played at the

1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is si ...

, the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, the

2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2000 European Championship for Young Men) was the fifth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Ohrid, in Macedonia, hosted the tournament. Slovenia Slo ...

, and the 2001 World University Games. He was also a member of the senior

Russian national basketball team The Russia men's national basketball team (russian: национа́льная сбо́рная Росси́и по баскетболу, natsionalnaya sbornaya rossii po basketbolu) represents Russia in international basketball competition. T ...

. With Russia's senior team, he played at the 2007 EuroBasket, where he won a gold medal.

Awards and accomplishments

Club honors

* EuroCup: ** Runner-up (1): 2005–06 * Russian League: ** Winner (1): 2002–03 ** Third place (2): 2003–04, 2010–11 * Russian Cup: ** Runner-up (1): 2003 * Greek League ** Third place (1): 2005–06 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most i ...

: ** Runner-up (1): 2005

Individual

* Greek League All-Star: (2006) * Russian League All-Star: (2007) * FIBA EuroCup All-Star: (2007)

External links

EuroLeague.net ProfileEurobasket.com Profile
1980 births Living people Aris B.C. players BC Dynamo Moscow players BC Spartak Primorye players BC UNICS players Maroussi B.C. players PBC CSKA Moscow players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players Russian men's basketball players Shooting guards {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub