Hüseyin Beşok

Hüseyin Beşok
Position Center
Height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight 265 lb (120 kg)
League Turkish Basketball League
Team Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Born August 2, 1975 (1975-08-02) (age 36)
İzmir, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Pro career 1992–present
Career history Pınar Karşıyaka (1992-94)
Efes Pilsen (1994-01)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2001-03)
Sunce Šibenik (2003-04)
ASVEL (2004-05)
UNICS Kazan (2005-06)
Le Mans (2005-06)
Prokom Trefl Sopot (2006-07)
Galatasaray Café Crown (2007-09)
Türk Telekom (2009-10)
Aliağa Petkim (2010-11)
Beşiktaş Cola Turka (2011)
Hacettepe Üniversitesi (2011-present)
Medal record
Competitor for  Turkey
FIBA European Championship
Silver 2001 Turkey National team

Hüseyin Beşok (born August 2, 1975 in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player of Bosniak ancestry. He is currently playing for Hacettepe Üniversitesi, in the Turkish Basketball League. He is 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height and 120 kg (265 lbs) in weight and plays the center position.

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Pro career

A solid big man, he played for Pınar Karşıyaka at the youth and senior level before transferring to Efes Pilsen, where he spent several seasons.

He also played for Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel, Šibenik in Croatia, Asvel in France, shortly for UNICS Kazan in Russia, Le Mans in France and Prokom in Poland in the 2006-07 season start.

He was the highest paid athlete in Polish club sport history (including soccer, volleyball, etc.) with a yearly fee of US$700,000.

He used to be a regular member of the Turkish national basketball team.

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