Hüseyin Beşok

Hüseyin Beşok
Personal information
Born	8 February 1975 (age 49); İzmir, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1992–2014
Position	Center
Number	12
Career history
1992–1994	Pınar Karşıyaka
1994–2001	Efes Pilsen
2001–2003	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2003–2004	Sunce Šibenik
2004–2005	ASVEL Basket
2005–2006	Le Mans
2006–2007	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2007–2009	Galatasaray Café Crown
2009–2010	Türk Telekom
2010–2011	Aliağa Petkim
2011–2012	Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2012–2013	Hacettepe Üniversitesi
2013–2014	Türk Telekom
Representing Turkey
FIBA European Championship

Hüseyin Beşok (born 8 February 1975^[1]) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height and 120 kg (265 lbs) in weight, he used to play as center.

Professional career

A solid big man, he played for Pınar Karşıyaka at the youth and senior level before transferring to Efes Pilsen, where he spent several seasons.

He also played for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel, Šibenik in Croatia,^[2] Asvel in France, shortly for UNICS Kazan in Russia, Le Mans in France and Prokom in Poland in the 2006–07 season start.

He was the highest paid athlete in Polish club sport history (including soccer, volleyball, etc.) with a yearly fee of US$700,000.

He used to be a regular member of the Turkish national basketball team.

Honours

Club honours

Korać Cup: 1996
Turkish Basketball League (2): 1996, 1997
Turkish Cup (3): 1996, 1998, 2001
Turkish President's Cup: 2000
2x Turkish Basketball All-Star Game (2008, 2009)
Israeli Premier League (2): 2002, 2003
Israeli State Cup (2): 2002, 2003
LNB Pro A: 2006
Polish Basketball League: 2007

Individual awards

LNB All Star Game (2): 2005, 2006
LNB Pro A Finals MVP: 2006

References

^ "Besok, Huseyin". Euroleague. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ (Croatian) Najbolji turski centar u Šibenki izbjegava vojni rok, Nacional br. 411, 30. rujna 2003. Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "Besok, Huseyin". Euroleague. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

[nacional-2] (Croatian) Najbolji turski centar u Šibenki izbjegava vojni rok, Nacional br. 411, 30. rujna 2003. Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

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