The Kazakhstan national basketball team released their official line-up for the FIBA Asia Championship 2013, they are now back after missing the 26th edition of the game at Wuhan, China. The Team Kazakhstan’s roster is one of the most promising in their Group D of this year’s tournament.
The team from Central Asia, Kazakhstan was one of the first team to arrive in Manila for the 27th edition of the game, they have played their final tune-up match against the Gilas Pilipinas national men’s basketball team.
The team started their preparation and training in Italy with two friendly games against local teams. Kazakhstan is now mentored by Italian coach Matteo Boniciolli. Kazakhstan’s line-up is composed of Astana guard, “Triple J” Jerry Jamar Johnson, the naturalized player of Kazakhstan.
Here’s the official line-up of Kazakhstan national team:
Head Coach: Matteo Boniciolli (Italy)
No. | Given Name | Family Name | DOB | Ht. | Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Timur | Sultanov | 11/01/1981 | 175 | G |
5 | Jerry Jamar | Johnson | 23/04/1982 | 183 | G |
6 | Rustam | Murzagaliyev | 24/05/1992 | 183 | G |
7 | Mikhail | Yevstigneyev | 05/07/1984 | 198 | C |
8 | Vitaliy | Lapchenko | 27/08/1992 | 200 | F |
9 | Nikolay | Bazhin | 09/12/1990 | 195 | F |
10 | Konstantin | Dvirnyy | 19/05/1988 | 183 | F |
11 | Anton | Ponomarev | 31/10/1988 | 205 | C |
12 | Dmitriy | Klimov | 05/09/1988 | 198 | F |
13 | Rustam | Yargaliyev | 20/12/1986 | 190 | F |
14 | Leonid | Bondarovich | 11/04/1989 | 200 | F |
15 | Alexander | Zhigulin | 26/04/1994 | 202 | C |