Petr Samoylenko

Pyotr Mikhailovich Samoilenko Russian Пётр Михайлович Самойленко; ( Born February 7, 1977 in Uchquduq, Uzbek SSR ) is a Russian professional basketball player. Samoilenko came in 1996 in the first Russian League and played from 1998 UNICS from Kazan to the season 2007/ 08, where he was active for MBK Dynamo in Moscow. With UNICS he was 2004 Title winner in the FIBA Europe League and ULEB Eurocup in 2011 and until then four Russian runners-up. With the Russian national team, he participated in four European Basketball Championships and in the Olympic Games 2008. 2007, he was Russia basketball champions.

Club career

After Samoilenko had previously played in Ukraine, he came in 1996 as a 19 -year-old to the basketball club from Samara, who was also known as Stroitel before. With this club he won the 1997 and 1998 after a third place bronze medal of the Russian Championship. He then moved to UNICS from Kazan. After a fifth place in 1999, a third place in 2000 UNICS reached under new coach Stanislav Jerjomin, who had previously become national coach of the year in 2001 for the first time the final series at the Russian Championship, which was lost as in 2002 against Ural Great Perm. In the European Saporta Cup in 2001 they reached the semi-finals, where they lost to the eventual champions carrier GS Marousi Greece. In the following, last-time edition of this competition in 2002, they lost to eventual champions Montepaschi Siena in the quarterfinals. 2003, it won the last time discharged North European Basketball League Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius in the final against. In addition, they won the Russian Cup final in 2003 against PBK CSKA Moscow and with it the first national title, but lost in the Russian championship again against Ural Great time in the semifinals, reaching back to third place. 2004 applied to the sheet and beat Ural Great scarce in the semi-finals, but lost the final series against the back dominant CSKA Moscow. For this you won at the Final Four tournament in its own hall the first international title in the FIBA Europe League 2004 after being defeated in the semifinals also Ural Great, and this time in the final GS Marousi. In two significant victories, each with over 20 points difference Samoilenko shone as a playmaker with seven and nine assists in the Final Four for UNICS, which had to play without their legionary LaMarr Greer.

In the season 2004/ 05 Samoilenko lost with UNICS as the defending champion in the quarter-final play-offs of the FIBA Europe League against national rivals BK Khimki against which it was victorious in the bronze medal series of the Russian Championship and the Cup semi-finals. In the championship they lost in the semifinal series against Dynamo Moscow and in the cup final against double winners CSKA Moscow. In the title of MBK Dynamo in the ULEB Cup in 2005 /06 they lost after a strong first round with only one defeat in ten games in the second round against Lottomatica Rome, who were trained by Svetislav Pešić. In the Russian championship, they lost the semifinal series against the new double winners CSKA Moscow. Then left Jerjomin coach the club. In the following season decreased operating times Samoilenkos who came previously as a "back up" -Guard from the bank, to less than 20 minutes per game in European competition. In the ULEB Cup in 2006/ 07 they lost the semi-final against eventual winners Real Madrid. In Russian Championship and Cup they reached the finals, where CSKA could get the third double in a row each. Following the successful European Championships in the Russian National Team Samoilenko changed in the season 2007 /08 to MBK Dynamo Moscow, who had committed as a coach Svetislav Pešić. In the ULEB Cup in 2007 /08 they reached the newly introduced " Elite Eight " tournament of the eight best teams in which you retired in the semifinal against Pešić ' former club Akasvasyu Girona. In the Russian championship they lost in the semi-final against champions CSKA, however lost the cup final against runner against BK Khimki, and finally reached the third place bronze medal.

After only one season at MBK Dynamo Samoilenko returned in 2008 to UNICS Kazan back. From the perspective of Samoilenko the road to the championship was again built by CSKA in the 2008 /09 in the semifinal series. In the cup final in 2009 they won the title for the second time after a final victory over Samoilenkos former club Dynamo MBK. 2010 lost to the cup final under coach Valdemaras Chomičius as defending against double winners CSKA as well as the final in the inaugural VTB United League in the Russian championship, they lost this time the semifinal series against runner- BK Khimki. For the season 2010/11 Yevgeny Paschutin took over as coach, who came from champion CSKA and had played with Samoilenko still number 2000 2002. However, it was eliminated in the qualifying for the highest European club competition ULEB Euro Cup 2010/ 11 and again in ULEB Eurocup played instead, as the ULEB Cup was in 2009. The discharge 2010/11 they won but after significant victories in the Final Four tournament and secured the second international title and participation in the Euro League for the season 2011 /12. Also in the Russian championship presented itself strongly, won the Main lap before the first faltering CSKA and moved first into the play -offs. In the semifinal series after they lost two opening victories in five games against runner- BK Khimki and was again as in the VTB League third parties. The bronze medal in the Russian championship for Samoilenko was the fourth in a row and ninth overall in addition to four runner-up in 2001, 2002, 2004 & 2007.

National

When vorolympsichen test tournament in 2000, which won Russia, Samoilenko came for the Russian national basketball team under coach Jerjomin that his club coach was after, nor for individual minutes used, but found no inclusion in the final Olympic squad. Also at the European Championship in 2001, finished in fifth place in the Russian Federation, it was only used occasionally. At the European Championships in 2003 under a new coach, he was then an integral part of the rotation of the player used. The national team again lost the quarter-final match, this time against previously unbeaten French and finally finished in eighth place, which they failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games.

At the 2005 European Championships was started with two convincing wins opener, but again lost the quarter-final, this time against the eventual champions Greece. After further defeats in the placement round you once again took eighth place and missed qualification for the World Basketball Championship in 2006. 's New coach David Leaf nominated Samoilenko again for the European Championship 2007. Here you won all the preliminary matches and the newly introduced second round they lost only the game against hosts Spain, but this clearly with more than ten points difference. In the final they met again on the title favorites Spain and won in the final minute with a point of difference and thus secured Russia their first title win after the collapse of the Soviet Union, whose national team 13 times become European champions. In the following 2008 Olympics Samoilenko was also in the squad, but was used by coach sheet only sporadically. There disappointed the reigning European champion and retired after just one win in the first round out prematurely.