Ruslan Otverchenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Отверченко; 6 January 1990 – 15 January 2023) was a Ukrainian basketball player for SC Prometey and the Ukrainian National Team.[1]
![]() Otverchenko in 2012 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 6 January 1990
Died | 15 January 2023 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 33)
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2012: undrafted |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 9, 77 |
Career history | |
2012–2015 | BC Kyiv |
2012–2013 | →Donetsk |
2015–2016 | Manresa |
2016–2018 | Budivelnyk |
2018–2019 | Cherkaski Mavpy |
2019 | Kyiv-Basket |
2019–2020 | Prometey |
2020–2023 | Budivelnyk |
Otverchenko played the majority of his career in Ukraine, with exception of one season in Spain with Bàsquet Manresa. He participated at the EuroBasket 2017.[2]
Otverchenko died from heart complications in Kyiv on 15 January 2023, at the age of 33.[3]