Dmitry Kulagin

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image = Dmitry Kulagin (1).jpg

| caption = Kulagin with Nizhny Novgorod in December 2010.

| name = Dmitry Kulagin

| position = Shooting guard / point guard

| height_cm = 197

| weight_kg = 89

| league = VTB United League

| team = UNICS Kazan

| number = 5

| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|7|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russia

| draft_year = 2014

| career_start = 2009

| career_end =

| years1 = 2009–2011

| team1 = Nizhny Novgorod

| years2 = 2011–2012

| team2 = Triumph Lyubertsy

| years3 = 2012–2013

| team3 = Krasnye Krylia Samara

| years4 = 2013–2015

| team4 = Triumph Lyubertsy / Zenit St. Petersburg

| years5 = 2015–2017

| team5 = CSKA Moscow

| years6 = 2017–2020

| team6 = Lokomotiv Kuban

| years7 = 2021–2023

| team7 = Zenit Saint Petersburg

| years8 = 2023–present

| team8 = UNICS Kazan

| highlights =

EuroLeague champion (2016)
VTB United League champion (2022)
All-EuroCup Second Team (2018)
VTB United League Young Player of the Year (2014)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{bk|RUS}}}}

}}

Dmitry Andreyevich Kulagin ({{langx|ru|Дмитрий Андреевич Кулагин}}; born July 1, 1992) is a Russian professional basketball player for UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League.

Professional career

Kulagin started his professional playing career in 2009. On 12 July 2011, Kulagin signed a contract with Triumph Lyubertsy.{{cite news|url=http://www.championat.com/basketball/_sleague/news-865530.html|title=Кулагин перешёл в БК "Триумф"|publisher=Чемпионат.com|date=12 July 2011|access-date=2011-07-12|archive-date=2015-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709212620/http://www.championat.com/basketball/_sleague/news-865530.html|url-status=dead}}

On 9 July 2012, Kulagin signed a one-year contract with Krasnye Krylya.{{cite news|title=Krasnye Krylya Samara lands Dmitry Kulagin|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/russia/93276/krasnye-krylya-samara-lands-dmitry-kulagin.html|access-date=25 July 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=9 July 2012}} From 2013 to 2015 he played with Triumph Lyubertsy / Zenit St. Petersburg.

On 14 July 2015, he signed a three-year contract with CSKA Moscow.{{cite news|title=CSKA brings back Kulagin brothers|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/679rvvi4w9345jl8/cska-brings-back-kulagin-brothers|access-date=25 July 2015|work=Euroleague.net|date=14 July 2015}} On July 26, 2017, he parted ways with CSKA.{{cite news|title=Thank you, Dmitry!|url=http://www.cskabasket.com/news/?id=16235&lang=en|access-date=26 July 2017|work=cskabasket.com|date=26 July 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On June 25, 2021, Kulagin officially signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League, and of the EuroLeague until it was suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He had spent the previous two seasons with PBC Lokomotiv Kuban, averaging 9.5 points and 4.6 assists in the 2020-2021 VTB United League campaign with them.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Russian national team

Kulagin played with the junior national team of Russia. He played at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, averaging 20.8 points per game.[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.season_2008.compID_YUjW-7-FJ,kK9s431Lyr41.coid_kqPIxs-OI3sNSjDmRS-Zr3.articleMode_on.html Valanciunas Named Tournament MVP] // FIBA Europe He also won the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship,[http://latvia2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fu19m/player/p/eid/5194/orderby//ot//pid/71269/rid//sid/5194/tid/381/tid2//profile.html Профиль] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902155531/http://latvia2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fu19m/player/p/eid/5194/orderby//ot//pid/71269/rid//sid/5194/tid/381/tid2//profile.html |date=2011-09-02 }} на официальном сайте Чемпионата мира по баскетболу среди игроков до 19 лет and the bronze medal at the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Career statistics

=EuroLeague=

class="wikitable"

style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|†

| Denotes seasons in which Kulagin won the EuroLeague

| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2015–16†

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| CSKA Moscow

| 18 || 1 || 5.4 || .448 || .250 || .000 || .7 || .5 || .1 || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.6 || 1.1

| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17

| 17 || 5 || 10.4 || .373 || .300 || .800 || 1.5 || 1.2 || .3 || .1 || 3.9 || 2.7

| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22

| style="text-align:left;"| Zenit

| 17 || 7 || 19.1 || .407 || .425 || .467 || 1.5 || 2.4 || .6 || .3 || 5.5 || 4.5

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career

| 52 || 13 || 11.5 || .401 || .354 || .577 || 1.3 || 1.3 || .3 || .1 || 3.7 || 2.7

Personal life

His younger brother, Mikhail Kulagin, is also a professional basketball player.[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/679rvvi4w9345jl8/cska-moscow-brings-back-kulagin-brothers CSKA Moscow brings back Kulagin brothers.]

References

External links

[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Dmitry-Kulagin-6154/ Dmitry Kulagin] at draftexpress.com
[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Dmitry_Kulagin/154279 Dmitry Kulagin] at eurobasket.com
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=001108 Dmitry Kulagin] at euroleague.net
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102726/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/71269/q/kulagin/rpp//_//players.html Dmitry Kulagin] at fiba.com
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