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Nationality
  
German

Listed weight
  
95 kg (209 lb)

2015–2016
  
Strasbourg IG

Weight
  
95 kg

Pro career
  
2015

Listed height
  
1.94 m (6 ft 4 ⁄2 in)

Playing career
  
2015–present

Height
  
1.94 m

Position
  
Shooting guard

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League
  
ABA League Basketball League of Serbia Champions League

Born
  
June 18, 1998 (age 18) Uccle, Belgium (
1998-06-18
)

Similar
  
Isaiah Hartenstein, Alpha Kaba, Frank Ntilikina, Vlatko Čančar, Jonathan Jeanne

Kostja mushidi mvp at the 2016 albert schweitzer tournament


Kostja Mushidi (born 18. June 1998) is a German professional basketball player, currently a member of Serbian side Mega Leks. Born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and a Russian father, Mushidi moved to Germany with his family at the age of 2.

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Mushidi stands 1.94 m (6 ft 4 12 in) tall and plays the shooting guard position.

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Career

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A product of ART Düsseldorf, Mushidi later transferred to the Dragons Rhöndorf, where he played in the youth system and strengthened Team Rhöndorf/Bonn's JBBL (under-16 Bundesliga) side starting with the 2012-13 season. After moving to the organization's under 19 side, Mushidi averaged 20.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game in the 2014-15 season. He had made his first appearances on Rhoendorf's men's team in Germany's third division during the 2013-14 campaign.

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In August 2015, Mushidi inked a two-year deal with French powerhouse Strasbourg IG. He played a total of six minutes for SIG's men's team in the 2015–16 LNB Pro A season, while mostly representing the club's development squad. He left the club after one year and signed with Serbian club Mega Leks in June 2016.

International career

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On the international stage, Mushidi represented Germany at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, scoring a team-high 17.7 points per game during the tournament, while garnering Eurobasket.com All-European Championships U16 Second Team recognition. The following year, he helped Germany to an eighth-place finish at the Europe U18 Championship, leading the team in scoring along with Isaiah Hartenstein as both averaged 11.6 points a contest.

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Mushidi led the German U18 national team to its first ever Albert-Schweitzer-Tournament title in March/April 2016, posting 25 points and 11 rebounds in the championship game against Serbia, and was named tournament MVP. In July 2016, he attended the U20 European championships, averaging 8.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists a game throughout the tournament, while finishing in fourth place with the German team. He tallied team-bests 14.7 points and 3.8 assists along with 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals a contest on the way to a fourth-place finish at the 2016 U18 European Championships in Turkey.

References

Kostja Mushidi Wikipedia