Vladimir Veremeenko
{{Short description|Belarusian basketball player (born 1984)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Vladimir Veremeenko
| image = Vladimir veremeenko for UNICS Kazan.jpg
| caption = Veremeenko with UNICS Kazan
| position = Power forward
| height = {{height|m=2.08}}
| weight_kg = 107
| league =
| team =
| number =
| nationality = Belarusian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|7|21}}
| birth_place = Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
| college =
| draft_year = 2006
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 48
| draft_team = Washington Wizards
| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2021
| years1 = 1999–2002
| team1 = Gocor-Sozh Gomel
| years2 = 1999–2000
| team2 = → RShVSM-BGPA Minsk
| years3 = 2002–2004
| team3 = Avtodor Saratov
| years4 = 2004–2006
| team4 = Dynamo Saint Petersburg
| years5 = 2006–2008
| team5 = Khimki
| years6 = 2008–2014
| team6 = UNICS Kazan
| years7 = 2014–2015
| team7 = Banvit
| years8 = 2015–2016
| team8 = Reggiana
| years9 = 2016–2017
| team9 = Brose Bamberg
| years10 = 2017–2018
| team10 = Nizhny Novgorod
| years11 = 2018–2019
| team11 = AEK Larnaca
| years12 = 2019–2021
| team12 = Tsmoki-Minsk
| highlights =
- EuroCup champion (2011)
- FIBA Europe League champion (2005)
- 3× Russian Cup winner (2008, 2009, 2014)
- Russian Cup All-Cup Team (2014)
- Russian League All-Symbolic Second Team (2012)
}}
Vladimir Veremeenko (born July 21, 1984) is a Belarusian former professional basketball player.
Professional career
The son of professional basketball players, Veremeenko was an early bloomer as he started his career with local side Gomel aged 15, playing in the 1999–00 Korać Cup before making the Belarusian league All-Star Game the next season.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/features/player-spotlight/i/42848/vladimir-veremeenko-unics-kazan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051005/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/features/player-spotlight/i/42848/vladimir-veremeenko-unics-kazan |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |title=Vladimir Veremeenko, Unics Kazan |last=Kazankov |first=Andrei |date=26 January 2009 |website=EurocupBasketball.com |access-date=25 August 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_MsfTeemRHYovSUdkYV76x0.season_2000.roundID_2555.playerID_33711.teamID_5330.html |title=Vladimir Veremeenko - Gomel Wildcats |author= |website=FIBAEurope.com |access-date=1 September 2015}}
He moved to Russian club Avtodor Saratov in 2002, averaging 14.2 points and 7 rebounds per game during his second season in the Russian Super League.
When club owner Vladimir Radionov moved the club to Saint Petersburg to form Dynamo, Veremeenko followed him.
He would contribute 12.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game to the club's 2005 FIBA Europe League title.
Veremeenko was drafted in the second round (48th pick) of the 2006 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards on 28 June 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/13/veremeenko-joins-wizards-summer-team/?page=all |title=Veremeenko joins Wizards' summer team |author= |date=13 July 2008 |website=WashingtonTimes.com |access-date=1 September 2015}}
He did not join the club, moving to another Super League side, BC Khimki, later that year following Dynamo Saint Petersburg's bankruptcy.
Spending two seasons with the club, Veremeenko did not manage to crack the first team and found himself frustrated by his substitute status, even as the Russian team fought for titles (winning the 2008 Russian Cup).
The Wizards invited him to play in the NBA Summer League in July 2008, his stats of 3.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in around 11 minutes per game proved to his only career contribution for the Wizards,{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/summerleague2008/team/index.jsp?team=wizards |title=2008 Wizards Summer League team |author= |website=NBA.com |access-date=1 September 2015}} with his rights used as a makeweight in a 2010 salary-cap motivated deal which brought Kirk Hinrich and Kevin Séraphin from the Chicago Bulls.{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/hinrich_traded_100708.html |title=Bulls trade Hinrich to Washington |author= |date=8 July 2010 |website=NBA.com |publisher=Chicago Bulls |access-date=1 September 2015}} On July 7, 2016, his rights were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside Mike Dunleavy Jr. for the draft rights of Albert Miralles, which was done in order for the Bulls to sign Dwyane Wade.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/dunleavy-trade-160707|title=Cavaliers Acquire Forward Mike Dunleavy From Chicago|date=July 7, 2016|work=NBA.com|access-date=September 24, 2016}} On August 7, 2018, his rights were traded to the Los Angeles Clippers for Sam Dekker, rights to Renaldas Seibutis and cash, with Clippers aiming to free up a roster spot.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24311434/cleveland-cavaliers-acquire-forward-sam-dekker-la-clippers|title=Cavs acquire forward Sam Dekker from Clippers|date=August 7, 2018}}
Signed by UNICS Kazan in August 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/34461/kazan-adds-big-man-vladimir-veremeenko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713054426/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/34461/kazan-adds-big-man-vladimir-veremeenko |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |title=Kazan adds big man Vladimir Veremeenko |author= |date=14 August 2008 |website=EurocupBasketball.com |access-date=1 September 2015}} the big man quickly rediscovered his form.
He would spend a total of six seasons as a vital part of Kazan's successes, two Russian Cups in 2009 and 2014 (with Veremeenko making the All-Cup team in 2014){{cite web |url=http://www.unics.ru/eng/news/?id=2325 |title=UNICS is the team of the Cups |author= |date=14 May 2014 |website=UNICS.ru |access-date=2 September 2015}} and the 2011 EuroCup.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/140091/cai-zaragoza-adds-veteran-big-man-veremeenko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801130540/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/140091/cai-zaragoza-adds-veteran-big-man-veremeenko |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2015 |title=CAI Zaragoza adds veteran big man Veremeenko |author= |date=11 August 2014 |website=EurocupBasketball.com |access-date=2 September 2015}}
He moved to Spanish side CAI Zaragoza in August 2014, but bought out his contract a month later to accept a better paid offer from Turkish outfit Banvit, not even playing a friendly game with the Spaniards.{{cite web |url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/deportes/banvit-turco-paga-clausula-lleva-vladimir-veremeenko_969212.html |title=El Banvit turco paga la cláusula y se lleva a Vladimir Veremeenko |author= |date=10 September 2014 |website=elPeriodicodeAragon.com |access-date=2 September 2015 |language=es |trans-title=Turks Banvit pay the clause and take Vladimir Veremeenko}}
His time with Banvit would see him break the all-time EuroCup record for total rebounds with a new mark of 476 over eight seasons,{{cite web |url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/144687/veremeenko-becomes-new-eurocup-rebounding-king |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214034627/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/144687/veremeenko-becomes-new-eurocup-rebounding-king |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |title=Veremeenko becomes new Eurocup rebounding king! |author= |date=13 November 2014 |website=EurocupBasketball.com |access-date=2 September 2015}} ending the season with 543; from averages of 9.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in the competition in addition to 10.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in the Turkish Super League.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/6a534qn3a4x44gh3/reggio-emilia-signs-rebounds-king-veremeenko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181749/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/6a534qn3a4x44gh3/reggio-emilia-signs-rebounds-king-veremeenko |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |title=Reggio Emilia signs rebounds king Veremeenko |author= |date=18 August 2014 |website=EurocupBasketball.com |access-date=2 September 2015}} On 18 August 2015, Veremeenko signed with Italian Serie A outfit Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia for one year.
On 11 August 2016, Veremeenko signed with German club Brose Bamberg for the 2016–17 season.{{cite news|title=Vladimir Veremeenko komplettiert Brose Bamberg Kader – Veränderungen im Nachwuchsbereich|url=http://www.brosebamberg.de/saison/news/artikel/vladimir-veremeenko-komplettiert-brose-bamberg-kader-veraenderungen-im-nachwuchsbereich/|access-date=11 August 2016|work=brosebamberg.de|date=11 August 2016|language=de}}
On September 2, 2019, he has signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/vladimir-veremeenko-signs-with-tsmoki-minsk/|title=Vladimir Veremeenko signs with Tsmoki-Minsk|date=September 2, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=September 3, 2019 |last1=Lupo |first1=Nicola }}
International career
Veremeenko played for the Belarus under-age teams, playing with the Under-18s until 2002, then with the Under-20s at the 2004 European Championship.
He started playing for the senior national team from 2003, playing with the team in the Division B EuroBasket in 2005 and 2007.{{cite web |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/33711/pid2//sid/4948/tid/2186/tid2//_/2007_EuroBasket_DIVISION_B/index.html |title=Belarus #12 - Vladimir Veremeenko |author= |website=FIBA.com |access-date=2 September 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Honours
=Individual=
- VTB United League
- Top Belarusian Player (x2): 2012–13,{{cite web |url=http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/vladimir-veremeenko--leagues-top-belarusian-player.htm |title=Vladimir Veremeenko – League's top Belarusian player |author= |date=16 May 2013 |website=VTB-League.com |access-date=2 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424162111/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/vladimir-veremeenko--leagues-top-belarusian-player.htm |archive-date=24 April 2014 }} 2013–14.{{cite web |url=http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/vladimir-veremeenko-named-leagues-top-belarusian-player.htm |title=Vladimir Veremeenko named League's Top Belarusian Player |author= |date=20 May 2014 |website=VTB-League.com |access-date=2 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529091438/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/vladimir-veremeenko-named-leagues-top-belarusian-player.htm |archive-date=29 May 2014 }}
- Russian Cup
- All-Cup Team: 2013–14
- EuroCup
- All-time total rebounds leader: 543 (2 September 2015)
=Team=
==Club==
- FIBA Europe League:
- Champion: 2005
- Russian Cup
- Winner (x3): 2008, 2009, 2014
- EuroCup
- Champion: 2011
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?pcode=LLM Eurocup profile] Retrieved 2 September 2015
- [http://web.legabasket.it/player/VER-VLA-84/veremeenko_vladimir Serie A profile] {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 2 September 2015
- [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Vladimir-Veremeenko-47/ DraftExpress.com profile] Retrieved 2 September 2015
- [https://www.tblstat.net/player/2611 TBLStat.net profile]
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