Vasily Karasev

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Personal information
Born	(1971-04-14) April 14, 1971 (age 53) Leningrad, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1993: undrafted
Playing career	1990–2009
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
As player:
1990–1992	Spartak St. Petersburg
1992–1996	CSKA Moscow
1996–1997	Efes Pilsen
1997–1998	Alba Berlin
1998–2000	CSKA Moscow
2000–2001	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2001–2002	Ural Great Perm
2002–2003	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody
2003–2005	Khimki
2005–2006	Ural Great Perm
2006–2008	Universitet Yugra Surgut
2008–2009	Triumph Lyubertsy
As coach:
2010, 2014	Russia Under-20
2010–2012	Triumph Lyubertsy (assistant)
2012–2018	Triumph Lyubertsy / Zenit
2013	Russia
Career highlights and awards
As player: 3× FIBA EuroStar (1997, 1998, 1999) As head coach: VTB United League Coach of the Year ( 2016)
Medals Men’s Basketball Representing   Russia FIBA World Cup 1994 Canada 1998 Greece EuroBasket 1993 Germany 1997 Spain Representing   Soviet Union European U-18 Championship 1990 Netherlands U-18 Team

Vasily Nikolayevich Karasev ( Russian: Василий Николаевич Карасев; born April 14, 1971) is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Professional career

For several years, Karasev was the starting point guard of the Russian League club CSKA Moscow, in the EuroLeague. He also led CSKA to the 1996 EuroLeague Final Four, where he was named to the EuroLeague All-Final Four Team. He was selected to the FIBA EuroStars team in the years 1997, 1998, and 1999. He is widely considered to have been one of the best European point guards of the 1990s.

National team career

Karasev was the starting point guard of the senior men's Russian national basketball team, between 1993 and 2003. With Russia's senior national team, Karasev won two EuroBasket medals, the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1993 and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1997. He also won two FIBA World Cup silver medals, one at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, and one at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

At the 1998 FIBA World Championship, he was selected to the All-Tournament Team.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Karasev began working as a basketball coach. He became the head coach of Triumph Lyubertsy (later renamed to Zenit St. Petersburg), in 2012.

Personal life

Vasily is the father of Sergey Karasev. Sergey has been a senior Russian national basketball team player, and has played with the pro clubs Triumph Lyubertsy, Canton Charge, Cleveland Cavaliers and Brooklyn Nets ( NBA), and Zenit Saint Petersburg.

External links

• FIBA Player Profile
• FIBA Europe Player Profile
• Euroleague.net Player Profile
• EuroCup Coaching Profile