The Soviet basketball legend Gennady Volnov was born 28 November, 1939 in Moscow, Soviet Union. The 201-centimeters-tall forward/center had an illustrious career, winning all the possible major accolades in basketball while representing CSKA Moscow (1958-1970) and the Soviet national team.
The 19-year-old Volnov joined the Soviet powerhouse – CSKA Moscow in 1958. He made his EuroLeague debut in 1960/61 season, being one of the leading players of the season, and helping CSKA to win its first EuroLeague title. Volnov scored 96 points in 6 games, averaging 16.0 points per game.
In the following seasons, Volnov continued to be an integral part of the CSKA roster. The Soviet side was regularly among the best EuroLeague teams, winning two more titles in 1963 and 1969 with Volnov being one of league’s leading players. He was fifth-best scorer in the 1962/63 season, scoring 175 points in 11 games, averaging 15.9 points per game. It was his most successful year individually. In total, the Soviet bigman played 7 seasons in the EuroLeague, scoring 682 games in 52 games, averaging 13.1 points per game.
The CSKA were unstoppable in the USSR Premier League during his career. Volnov won 10 league titles, missing the gold medals just twice (1967, 1968). He retired from basketball in 1972, at the age of 33.
He was a key player in the Soviet Union national team, winning every major title – the gold at the 1972 Olympics, as wll as FIBA World Cup (1967) and 6 consecutive Eurobasket titles from 1959 to 1969. In his EuroLeague and international games from 1959 to 1970, Volnov scored 1598 points in 148 games.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague champion (1961, 1963, 1969)
EuroLeague (1965, 1970)
EuroLeague (1962, 1966)
Olympic Games (1972) Olympic Games (1960, 1964) Olympic Games (1968) FIBA World Cup (1967) FIBA World Cup (1963) Eurobasket (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969) USSR Premier League (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970) USSR Premier League (1967, 1968)
EUROLEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
60/61
61/62
62/63
64/65
65/66
68/69
69/70
TOT
Team
Age
22
23
24
26
27
30
31
GP
6
4
11
6
10
9
6
52
PPG
16.0
13.5
15.9
13.3
15.4
10.9
4.2
13.1
PTS
96
54
175
80
154
98
25
682
RNK
6th
37th
5th
16th
14th
26th
103rd
USSR PREMIER LEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
1962
TOT
Team
Age
23
GP
22
22
PPG
16.3
16.3
PTS
359
359
TRK
OLYMPIC GAMES STATISTICS
Year
1960
1964
1968
1972
TOT
Team
Age
21
25
29
33
GP
8
9
9
8
34
PPG
10.4
9.9
7.4
5.4
8.3
PTS
83
89
67
43
282
RNK
33rd
30th
63rd
107th
FIBA WORLD CUP STATISTICS
Year
1963
1967
TOT
Team
Age
24
28
GP
9
9
18
PPG
14.1
10.6
12.3
PTS
127
95
222
RNK
11th
25th
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1959
1961
1963
1965
1967
1969
TOT
Team
Age
20
22
24
26
28
30
GP
5
7
8
9
9
6
44
PPG
3.0
10.9
9.1
12.6
10.9
6.2
8.3
PTS
15
76
73
113
98
37
412
RNK
145th
30th
53rd
19th
32nd
73rd
Description for statistics
GP – Games played PPG – Points per game PTS – Total points RNK – Individual scoring ranking TRK – Team ranking
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