Kyrylo Fesenko is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. He is a 7'1" and 280 lb center

Center (basketball)

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.

Ukrainian career

Born in Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...

, Fesenko began his basketball career in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, first with the second division team of BC Azovmash in 2003 then to its first division from 2004 to 2006. He then played for the Cherkasky Monkeys

Cherkassy (basketball)

BK Cherkasy is a higher-tier Ukrainian professional basketball club that plays its home games in Cherkasy, Ukraine. The team is also known as the "Cherkas'ki Mavpy" , which means "Cherkasy Monkeys"....

 for a season.

NBA career

After playing four seasons in native Ukraine, Fesenko was selected 38th overall in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft

2007 NBA Draft

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 by the Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers

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 and then traded to the Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

, signing a three-year contract with the Jazz on August 15, 2007. In 2010 he turned down a multiyear deal with the Houston Rockets and resigned with the Jazz for 1 year. He became an unrestricted free agent in 2011. He spent most of his rookie season with the NBA Development League

NBA Development League

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 Utah Flash

Utah Flash

The Utah Flash was a team of the NBA Development League that began playing in 2007 and folded in 2011. They played their home games at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...

. Fesenko wears a size 18 shoe. He also owns a 7'4" wingspan and 9'4" standing reach (same standing reach as Greg Oden

Greg Oden

Gregory Wayne Oden, Jr. is an American basketball player at the center position. Oden is a member of the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA....

).

On November 30, 2007, Fesenko made his NBA debut against the Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

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. He was recalled from the Utah Flash

Utah Flash

The Utah Flash was a team of the NBA Development League that began playing in 2007 and folded in 2011. They played their home games at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...

 due to the absence of Carlos Boozer

Carlos Boozer

Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. is an American professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...

 (sprained ankle) and Mehmet Okur

Mehmet Okur

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 (back spasms). Fesenko scored 6 points, had 7 rebounds and managed 1 assist.

Regular season

Fesenko's career high is 12 points, which he did against the Houston Rockets on 12/27/08.

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| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Utah

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 9 || 0 || 7.8 || .375 || .000 || .500 || 2.8 || .2 || .0 || .3 || 1.6
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09

2008–09 NBA season

The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...

| align="left" | Utah
| 21 || 1 || 7.4 || .583 || .000 || .333 || 1.8 || .2 || .3 || .7 || 2.3
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| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | Utah
| 49 || 5 || 8.3 || .547 || .000 || .421 || 1.8 || .3 || .1 || .4 || 2.6
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| align="left" | 2010–11
| align="left" | Utah

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 53 || 1 || 8.6 || .440 || .000 || .391 || 2.0 || .3 || .1 || .3 || 2.0
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| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 132 || 7 || 8.3 || .498 || .000 || .398 || 2.0 || .3 || .1 || .4 || 2.3

Playoffs

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| align="left" | 2009–10

2010 NBA Playoffs

The 2010 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2009–10 season. The playoffs started on April 17, 2010 with ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, and NBA TV broadcasting the games in the United States...

| align="left" | Utah

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 10 || 9 || 18.1 || .433 || .000 || .333 || 3.9 || 1.2 || .0 || .5 || 3.3
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| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 10 || 9 || 18.1 || .433 || .000 || .333 || 3.9 || 1.2 || .0 || .5 || 3.3

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