Hüseyin Beşok (born 8 February 1975[1]) is a Turkish former 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.
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| Born | 8 February 1975 İzmir, Turkey | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
Medals
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Professional career
editA 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
editClub honours
edit- 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
edit- LNB All Star Game (2): 2005, 2006
- LNB Pro A Finals MVP: 2006
References
edit- ↑ "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