Born: Feb 18, 1981
Height: 6-9 / 2,06
Weight: 227 lbs. / 103,0 kg.
College: Russia
Years Pro: 6
Began his basketball career with SPARKAK St. Petersburg (Russia) in 1996-97 at the age of 15...As the youngest player ever in the Russian League, played in just three games, but proved his mettle when he earned MVP honors as a 16-year-old in the 1997 European Junior Championships after averaging 19.5 ppg, 10.2 rpg and 3.9 spg...Saw action in 41 games in 1997-98 for SPARKAK, averaging 11.9 ppg and 4.6 rpg, while shooting .521 from the field...Shot a remarkable .647 from the field and earned a spot in the Russian League All-Star Game, where he scored 12 points for the West squad and won the Slam Dunk Competition...In 1998-99, joined the CSKA team in Russia, posting 12.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 2.1 apg in 26 regular season games, and 5.3 ppg and 1.4 rpg in seven games in the European Club Competition...During the 1999-2000 regular season, averaged 13.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg and 2.5 apg in 37 regular season games, 11.5 ppg and 6.2 rpg in 19 games during the European Club competition and led the team to the Russian National Championship and to the NEBL (Northern European Basketball League) Championship title...Competed for the Russian Olympic Team during the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, seeing action in all seven games (three starts) and averaging 9.4 ppg and 5.0 rpg in only 22.7 mpg...Shot .564 from the field and led the team in free throws made and attempted (22-29, .759), rebounds (35), blocks (13) and steals (15)...Had his best game vs. Spain, scoring 16 points and grabbing a team-high nine rebounds in 34 minutes, and posted 11 points and four rebounds in 21 minutes for Russian (which finished 3-4) in an 85-70 quarterfinal loss to the United States...During 2000-01, played 20 games for CSKA during the regular season (12.7 ppg, 8.6 rpg), 22 games in the European Club competition (13.9 ppg, 9.2 rpg, .575 FG%), and 12 games in the NEBL (12.9 ppg, 9.7 rpg).
Married to Marina Kirilenko.
Wife Marina released her first russian cd in the summer of 2002, and Andrei appears in the video of the title track.
Has one son, Fedor -- pronounced "Theodore" in English
Father-in-law (Andrei Lapatov), played for the Russian National team from 1978-1992.
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