Kyrylo Fesenko biography
Date of birth : 1986-12-24
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Nationality : Ukrainian
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-04-12
Credited as : Basketball player NBA, center for the Utah Jazz, NBA Draft
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Kyrylo Fesenko is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of NBA. He is a 7'1" and 300 lb center.
Career history:
Azovmash Mariupol (2003–2005)
CK Mariupol (2005–2006)
Cherkasky Mavpi Cherkasy (2006–2007)
Utah Jazz
CAREER:
2009-10 :
Appeared in 49 (five starts), averaging 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds ... Had 18 DNP-CDs ... Missed 14 games due to injury/illness: seven with a sprained left ankle (1/16- 1/29), five due to stomach virus (11/26, 12/9- 12/10, 3/6, 3/22) and two with a sore throat/migraines (4/6- 4/7) ... Was also inactive on 2/9 ... Scored a season-high 11 points on two occations ... Had 11 points with eight boards vs. New Orleans (3/20) ... Also scored 11 points vs. Memphis (11/30) ... Had a season-high six rebounds twice ... Scored nine points and with six rebounds vs. Atlanta (2/22) ... Also had eight points and six rebounds at Portland (2/21) in a season-high 25 minutes ... Had nine points and three rebounds vs. Portland (11/28) ... Scored 10 points vs. L.A. Clippers (10/30) in second career start.
2008-09:
Appeared in 21 games (1 start) averaging 2.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 7.25 minutes per game … Inactive 43 times (10/29, 11/11-11/12, 12/5-12/11, 12/15-12/20, 1/2-1/21, 2/8, 2/19-3/25, 3/30-4/3, 4/11) … Missed two games (11/11, 11/12) due to personal reasons… Had 17 DNP-CDs (11/5-11/9, 11/14-11/19, 11/22-11/24, 12/2-12/3, 12/13, 2/6, 2/11, 3/28, 4/5, 4/10) … Did not dress vs. Miami (12/3) with a strained lower back … Played 3 minutes in first start of the season at Milwaukee (12/23)… Set new career-highs with 12 points and 11 rebounds in 36 minutes at Houston, notching the first double-double of his career (12/27) … Blocked a career-high 4 shots at Denver and scored 6 points (1/25) … Had 4 points and 2 rebounds vs. Oklahoma City (1/30)… Was assigned to the Utah Flash of the NBA D-League (1/6, 3/7) and recalled (1/24, 3/25) twice…In 14 games with the Flash, Fesenko has averaged 12.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 25.6 minutes per contest.
PERSONAL:
Born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine ... Is an only child ... Credits his mom, Irine, as his biggest influence ... Started playing basketball at age eight ... Is the fifth Ukrainian player to reach the NBA (Alexander Volkov, Vitaly Potapenko, Slava Medvedenko and Oleksiy Pecherov) ... Owns a 7-4 wingspan and a 9-4 standing reach (same standing reach as Greg Oden) ... Played with former NBA players Khalid El-Amin and Art Long with Azovmash ... Teammates with former Jazz draft pick Kaniel Dickens (2000) with Cherkassy in 2006-07 ... Nickname is "Fes" ... Enjoys reading fantasy books and playing computer games ... Favorite foods are mashed potatoes, French-style meat and chicken wings ... Wears size 18 shoes.
