Zakhar Yuryevich Pashutin (russian: Захар Юрьевич Пашутин; born May 3, 1974 in Sochi,

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) is a retired Russian professional

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player and

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. At a height of 1.96 m (6'5"), and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played as a shooting guard. He was also a member of the senior Russian national team, from 1996 to 2008. He is

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for

Parma Basket BC Parma (russian: БК Парма), also known as Parma Basket, is a professional basketball team that is based in Perm, Russia. It plays in the VTB United League, the highest level of basketball in Russia. The club's full name is Parma Basket Pe ...

of the

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Professional career

Pashutin 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 ...

Avtodor Saratov BC Avtodor (russian: БК «Автодор» Саратов), commonly known as simply Avtodor and internationally as Avtodor Saratov, is a Russian professional basketball club based in Saratov. It plays in the FIBA Europe Cup and in the VTB Unit ...

, Pınar Karşıyaka, ASVEL,

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 ...

, Ural Great Perm, and

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 ...

National team career

Pashutin 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 following tournaments: the

1997 EuroBasket The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a be ...

, the

1998 FIBA World Championship The 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation and hosted in Greece from 29 July to 9 August 1998. The tournament was contested by 16 n ...

, the 1999 EuroBasket, the 2001 EuroBasket, the

2002 FIBA World Championship The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the competition now known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the international world championship for men's basketball teams. The tournament held by the International Basketball Federation i ...

, the 2005 EuroBasket, the 2007 EuroBasket, and the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He won the bronze medal at the

, the silver medal at the

, and the gold medal at the 2007 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Pashutin became a

Personal life

Pashutin's older brother, Evgeniy, is also a former professional basketball player and a basketball coach.

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile

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