Egor Vyaltsev
Yegor Ivanovich Wjalzew (Russian Егор Иванович Вяльцев; born October 10, 1985 in Voronezh, RSFSR ) is a Russian professional basketball player. Wjalzew played as a junior for the dominant Russian basketball team CSKA PBK from Moscow and won with this team and the Russian Championship. After he acted for several other Russian clubs, he plays since the season 2011/12 for the VTB- winner and Russian runners- BK Khimki. With the Russian national team Wjalzew took part in the European Basketball Championship in 2009.
Life
Wjalzew was a member of the respective Russian youth national teams in his age group and in 2002 claimed the U18 European Championship club from Pulkovo in St Petersburg in the youth team of CSKA Moscow. After CSKA twice previously failed to win the Russian championship, which they otherwise all won since 1990, it was again in 2003 Russian master. Following Wjalzew also was used in the first men's team in the season 2003/ 04. He was allowed to participate in 2003/ 04 in four games in the highest European club competition ULEB Euro League. After CSKA managed to defend his title, Wjalzew changed from " Army Sports Club " CSKA for "Air Force Sports Club " ZSK WWS to Samara. Here he was but borrowed already after just half of the season in Ural Great Perm, which won the only other two Russian league titles in 2001 and 2002, which were not obtained from CSKA. After Wjalzew with the Russian youth team won the title at the U20 European Championship in 2005, he was taken from Ural Great for the following two seasons regularly under contract. With his teammates, among whom was 14-year- old former vice world champion Vasily Karasev was, he won the 2006 FIBA EuroCup smaller European club competition Challenge in the final series against Ukrainian club Chimik from Juschne. In the championship of Russia Ural Great had the best of times already behind him and retired in 2006 as a year earlier from in the first play-off round of the Russian Championship. 2007, it missed even under new coach Rimas Kurtinaitis the play-offs and Wjalzew moved back to the vicinity of Moscow to triumph Ljuberzy who had become the successor of the club Dynamo Moscow Oblast.
With Triumph Ljuberzy Wjalzew difference in the first play-off round 2008 calculated against Dynamo from the city of Moscow. In the following two seasons, the first round of the Russian Championship play-offs last stop was after defeats against UNICS Kazan respectively. For Wjalzew personally, it was better. After he had previously been used by national coach David leaf only in qualifying and friendly matches, this 2009 appointed him for the final squad of the Russian national team at the European Basketball Championship in 2009. However, the Russian team as the defending champion had a hard and won in the first round, only the opening game. After winning all three games in the newly introduced second round, they lost the quarter-finals against eventual finalists Serbia and finished seventh. Wjalzew itself was used in the final in only four of nine games and in these no more than three minutes per game. 2010, a new top division was formed in Russia. For Triumph was the first season in the Professional Well Basketbolnaja League disappointing when you were Table of ten teams at the end of the season. Wjalzew changed for the season 2011/12 to another Moscow suburb club, the Russian vice-champion and title holder of the VTB United League 2011 from Khimki, where he is being trained by Rimas Kurtinaitis. With BK Khimki would retire somewhat surprising from in qualifying for the ULEB Euro Cup 2011 /12 and therefore plays internationally in the Eurocup 2011/12, you could win at the end of the season as host of the Final Four tournament.
Awards and achievements
- 2012 winner with BK Khimki in ULEB Eurocup