Position Point guard College NC State (2003–2007) Weight 86 kg Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Height 1.93 m | Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Role Basketball player Nationality Turkish / German Name Engin Atsur Career start 2007 | |
League Turkish Basketball League
Eurocup Born April 2, 1984 (age 40)
Istanbul, Turkey ( 1984-04-02 ) Current team Galatasaray S.K. (#14 / Point guard) Education North Carolina State University Similar People Cenk Akyol, Muratcan Guler, Chris Lofton, Ryan Broekhoff, Ender Arslan | ||
Ismail muhammad dunks over engin atsur
Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for ALBA Berlin from Germany. He is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds and he plays at the point guard position. Atsür played college basketball in the United States with North Carolina State University from 2003-07.
Contents
- Ismail muhammad dunks over engin atsur
- Engin ats r mix 2009 2010 season
- Early years
- Pro career
- Turkish national team
- Milestones
- References
He has also German citizenship by his mother.
Engin ats r mix 2009 2010 season
Early years
Atsür attended Saint-Benoit French High School in Istanbul. He started playing basketball in the youth teams of Efes Pilsen S.K.
After one year in the Turkish Second League, Atsür moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. to study business administration at NC State on an athletic scholarship and he graduated in 2007. Atsür was the starting point guard for NC State all four years. He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team for his junior season.
Pro career
Atsür signed his first professional contract with the Italian League team Benetton Treviso on June 30, 2007. After spending one season in Italy, he signed a contract with the Turkish League team Efes Pilsen. For the 2009-10 season, Atsür signed a contract with Beşiktaş Cola Turka.
After a successful season with Beşiktaş Cola Turka (27 games in TBL with 30.0 min, 13.1 pts, 48.3% FG, 40.8% 3P, 80.2% FT, 3.0 reb, 4.4 ast, 1.4 stl, 2.4 TO), Atsür signed with Fenerbahçe for two years.
On June 29, 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Galatasaray Medical Park. On June, 2013, Atsur's Galatasaray won the league championship after defeating Banvit B.K. in the TBL finals.
On June 23, 2014, Atsür returned to his former team Beşiktaş, when he sigend a 2-year deal with an option for a third year.
On July 14, 2016, Atsür signed with German club Alba Berlin.
Turkish national team
At the 2002 European Championship for Junior Men at Germany, Atsür averaged 22.3 PPG and he was selected to the All-Tournament First Team as the best shooting guard of the competition.
Atsür is also a member of the senior Turkish national team, and figured in Turkey's squad that finished sixth in the 2006 FIBA World Championship held in Japan.
Milestones
At North Carolina State: