Engin Atsür

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Engin Atsür
[[Image: Engin Atsür, Jan 2007 \|200x250px\|center\| ]]
Position	Point guard
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
League	Lega Basket A
Team	Benetton Treviso
Born	April 2, 1984 (1984-04-02) (age 24) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkey
High school	Saint-Benoît French High School, Istanbul
College	NC State
Pro career	2007–present

Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984 in Istanbul, Turkey), is a basketball player from Turkey who played basketball at North Carolina State University from 2003-2007. He is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds.^[1]

Engin Atsür started playing basketball in the successful Turkish club Efes Pilsen S.K. After one year in the Turkish Second League, he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. to study business administration at NC State on an athletic scholarship. Engin attended high school at Saint-Benoit French High School.^[1]

Atsür was a starting shooting guard/point guard for NC State all four years. He was considered by NCAA coaches to be one of the most underrated guards in the ACC.^[2] He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team for his junior season.^[3]

Atsür was also a member of the Turkish national team, and figured in Turkey's squad that finished sixth in the 2006 FIBA World Championship held in Japan.^[4]

Engin signed his first professional contract to Italian team Benetton Treviso on June 30, 2007.

1 Statistics
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Statistics

Year	GP-GS	Min	Avg	FG-FGA	Pct	3FG-FGA	Pct	FT-FTA	Pct	Off-Def	REb-Avg	PF-FO	Asst	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2003-04	28-24	822	29.4	79-179	0.441	46-1200	0.383	33-50	0.66	24-55	79-2.8	75-5	69	45	1	27	237	8.5
2004-05	35-35	1141	32.6	110-271	0.406	67-175	0.383	43-56	0.768	21-71	92-2.6	92-3	86	43	5	57	330	9.4
2005-06	32-31	1065	33.3	110-248	0.444	67-167	0.401	57-73	0.781	15-87	102-3.2	74-3	109	65	4	54	344	10.8
Totals	95-90	3028	31.9	299-698	0.428	180-462	0.39	133-179	0.743	60-213	273-2.9	241-11	264	153	10	138	911	9.6

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Draft Express: Engin Atsur Retrieved February 18, 2007
^ Engin Atsur: Turkish delight Retrieved December 18, 2006
^ DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICA TEAM Retrieved December 18, 2006
^ Turkey Senior Basketball Team FIBA World Championships 2006 Retrieved February 18, 2007

[edit] See also

Brandon Costner

[edit] External links

Atsür's bio on gopack.com
Newspaper Zaman (Turkish)

v • d • e Turkey squad - 2006 FIBA World Championship - 6th place

4 Akyol \| 5 Kurtoğlu \| 6 Atsür \| 7 Arslan \| 8 İlyasova \| 9 Erdoğan \| 10 Kutluay \| 11 Solak \| 12 Gönlüm \| 13 Erden \| 14 Peker \| 15 Demirel \| Coach: Tanjević