Hüseyin Beşok (born 8 February 1975) is üseyinBeşa retired Turkish professional basketball player. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height and 120 kg (265 lbs) in weight, he used to play as center.
Professional 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.
Honours
Club honours
Korać Cup: 1996
Turkish Basketball League (2): 1996, 1997
Turkish Cup (3): 1996, 1998, 2001
Turkish President's Cup: 2000
2x Turkish Basketball All-Star Game (2008, 2009) Israeli Premier League (2): 2002, 2003 Israeli State Cup (2): 2002, 2003 LNB Pro A: 2006 Polish Basketball League: 2007
Individual awards
LNB All Star Game (2): 2005, 2006
LNB Pro A Finals MVP: 2006
References
External links
Euroleague.net Profile
TBLStat.net Profile
Profile at tbl.org.tr
1975 births
Living people
ABA League players
Aliağa Petkim basketball players
Anadolu Efes S.K. players
ASVEL Basket players
Beşiktaş men's basketball players
Centers (basketball) Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Hacettepe Üniversitesi B.K. players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Karşıyaka basketball players KK Šibenik players Le Mans Sarthe Basket players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Asseco Gdynia players Sportspeople from İzmir Turkish people of Bosniak descent Turkish men's basketball players Turkish expatriate basketball people in France Turkish expatriate basketball people in Russia Turkish expatriate basketball people in Croatia Turkish expatriate basketball people in Israel Turkish expatriate basketball people in Poland Türk Telekom B.K. players 2002 FIBA World Championship players