Egor Koulechov

Egor Koulechov (, ; born November 5, 1994) is an Israeli-Russian professional basketball player, who most recently played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Arizona State, Rice, and Florida before playing professionally in Israel. Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard and the small forward positions.

Early life Koulechov was born in Volgograd, Russia, and is Jewish. Koulechov lived his first 6 years in Russia before growing up in Kibbutz Neve Ur, Israel. He played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion youth team and Wingate Institute Academy.

In 2011, Koulechov moved to the United States, where he enrolled at Sagemont in Weston, Florida, and played for the basketball team in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. On June 4, 2014, Koulechov left for Rice after his freshman season but sat out first season per NCAA Transfer rules.

In the 2016–17 season, Koulechov earned first-team All-Conference USA and Second Team NABC All-District 11 honors as a junior at Rice. He was also named two-time Conference USA Player of the Week. Koulechov ranked second on the team and fifth in Conference USA with 18.2 points.

In his senior year at Florida, Koulechov led the team with 6.4 rebounds per game and ranked second with 13.8 points per game. He had six games with 20+ points and nine games with at least three 3-pointers made.

On August 9, 2018, Koulechov started his professional career with Maccabi Rishon LeZion, signing a two-year deal. In October 2018, Koulechov won the 2018 Israeli League Cup with Rishon LeZion. In 26 Israeli League games played for Rishon LeZion, he averaged 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

On April 17, 2019, Koulechov was loaned to Hapoel Holon for the rest of the season, joining as an injury cover for Guy Pnini.

2019–20 season On August 15, 2019, Koulechov signed with Ironi Nahariya for the 2019–20 season.

2020–21 season On November 25, 2020, he has signed with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League.

2021–22 season On July 7, 2021, Koulechov re-joined Maccabi Rishon LeZion. On January 22, 2022, Koulechov signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv.

2022–23 season On July 18, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

National team career Koulechov was a member of the Israeli U-16, U-18 and U-20 national teams.

In July 2013, he averaged 12.0 points and 4.6 rebounds for the U-20 squad, leading his team with a 93.5 free throw percentage as well as 1.7 steals per game. The team claimed 15th place in the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

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Source: RealGM