Engin Atsür

Engin Atsür

Atsür with Galatasaray
No. 14 – ALBA Berlin
Position	Point guard
League	Basketball Bundesliga EuroCup Basketball
Personal information
Born	April 2, 1984 İstanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish / German
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	NC State (2003–2007)
NBA draft	2007 / Undrafted
Playing career	2000–present
Career history
2000–2001	Efes Pilsen
2007–2008	Benetton Treviso
2008–2009	Efes Pilsen
2009–2010	Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2010–2012	Fenerbahçe
2012–2014	Galatasaray Liv Hospital
2014–2016	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan
2016–present	Alba Berlin
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Turkey Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Team Competition

Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for ALBA Berlin from Germany. He is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds and he plays at the point guard position. Atsür played college basketball in the United States with North Carolina State University from 2003-07.

He has also German citizenship by his mother.^[1]

Early years

Atsür attended Saint-Benoit French High School in Istanbul.^[2] He started playing basketball in the youth teams of Efes Pilsen S.K.

After one year in the Turkish Second League, Atsür moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. to study business administration at NC State on an athletic scholarship and he graduated in 2007. Atsür was the starting point guard for NC State all four years. He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team for his junior season.^[3]

Pro career

Atsür signed his first professional contract with the Italian League team Benetton Treviso on June 30, 2007. After spending one season in Italy, he signed a contract with the Turkish League team Efes Pilsen.^[4] For the 2009-10 season, Atsür signed a contract with Beşiktaş Cola Turka.^[5]

After a successful season with Beşiktaş Cola Turka (27 games in TBL with 30.0 min, 13.1 pts, 48.3% FG, 40.8% 3P, 80.2% FT, 3.0 reb, 4.4 ast, 1.4 stl, 2.4 TO), Atsür signed with Fenerbahçe for two years.^[6]

On June 29, 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Galatasaray Medical Park.^[7][8] On June, 2013, Atsur's Galatasaray won the league championship after defeating Banvit B.K. in the TBL finals.

On June 23, 2014, Atsür returned to his former team Beşiktaş, when he sigend a 2-year deal with an option for a third year.^[9]

On July 14, 2016, Atsür signed with German club Alba Berlin.^[10]

Turkish national team

At the 2002 European Championship for Junior Men at Germany, Atsür averaged 22.3 PPG and he was selected to the All-Tournament First Team as the best shooting guard of the competition.^[11]

Atsür is also a member of the senior Turkish national team, and figured in Turkey's squad that finished sixth in the 2006 FIBA World Championship held in Japan.^[12]

College statistics

Year	GP-GS	Min	Avg	FG-FGA	Pct	3FG-FGA	Pct	FT-FTA	Pct	Off-Def	Reb-Avg	PF-FO	Asst	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2003-04	28-24	822	29.4	79-179	0.441	46-120	0.383	33-50	0.66	24-55	79-2.8	75-5	69	45	1	27	237	8.5
2004-05	35-35	1141	32.6	110-271	0.406	67-175	0.383	43-56	0.768	21-71	92-2.6	92-3	86	43	5	57	330	9.4
2005-06	32-31	1065	33.3	110-248	0.444	67-167	0.401	57-73	0.781	15-87	102-3.2	74-3	109	65	4	54	344	10.8
2006-07	24-24	810	33.8	91-195	0.467	43-116	0.371	45-57	0.789	14-55	69-2.9	50-0	101	57	5	26	270	11.3
Totals	119-114	3838	32.3	390-893	0.437	223-578	0.39	178-236	0.754	74-268	342-2.9	291-11	365	210	15	164	1181	9.9

Milestones

At North Carolina State:

• 33rd player in North Carolina State University history to score over 1,000 points; scored 1181 points in his career.
• 2nd best three-point shooter in school history
• 4th best in minutes played in school history (3,838 min- 119 games- 32,3 mpg)
• Averaged 9.9 PPG over his career ^[13][14]

References

1. Engin Atsur
2. Draft Express: Engin Atsur
3. DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICA TEAM Retrieved December 18, 2006
4. Engin Atsür Efes Pilsen'de (Turkish) Retrieved July 12, 2008
5. Basketbolda Kadromuzu Güçlendirdik (Turkish)
6. Fenerbahçe Ülker Engin Atsür'ü transfer etti (Turkish)
7. Engin Aslan oldu (Turkish)
8. "Engin Atsür Galatasaray Medical Park'ta" (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
9. "Engin Atsur signs a 2+1 contract with Besiktas". Sportando.com. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
10. "Medien: Atsür vor Wechsel zu Alba". spox.com. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
11. Eurobasket.com
12. Turkey Senior Basketball Team FIBA World Championships 2006 Retrieved February 18, 2007
13. Gopack.com Retrieved July 27, 2008
14. Gopack.com

External links

• Atsür's Bio At Gopack.com
• TurkSports.Net Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile
• Atsur Article