Andrei Kirilenko

Andrei Kirilenko, the original AK-47, is my kind of basketball player: a stat-sheet stuffer who quietly affected every part of the game. At 209 cm he could score, defend, pass, and block in a way few wings ever have, and his ten years anchoring the Utah Jazz earned him real respect. Going pro at fifteen back home took serious nerve. What impresses me most is the second act: rather than fading away, he moved into the executive side and started shaping the sport itself. Versatile on the floor, sharp off it, he never needed the spotlight to matter.

Name (English)

Andrei Kirilenko

Name (Japanese)

アンドレイ・キリレンコ

Reading

あんどれい・きりれんこ

Born

February 18, 1981 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

Origin

Izhevsk, Russian Empire

Height

209 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Euroleague MVP
• Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords
• Honoured Master of Sports of Russia

• Official sitehttp://www.kirilenko.ru/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ak47russ/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei%20Kirilenko
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294788

Tags

• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-20

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