Roman Rubinshteyn

Roman Rubinshteyn (Hebrew: רומן רובינשטיין; born August 22, 1996) is a Belarusian-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he plays at the shooting guard and point guard positions.

Roman Rubinshteyn

No. 21 – Maccabi Haifa
Position	Shooting guard / point guard
League	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born	(1996-05-22) May 22, 1996 (age 29) Minsk, Belarus
Nationality	Belarusian / Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2016	Tsmoki-Minsk
2012–2016	→Tsmoki-Minsk II
2016–2017	Zlatorog Laško
2017–2018	Tsmoki-Minsk
2018–2019	Legia Warszawa
2019	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2019	Hapoel Hevel Modi'in
2020-present	Maccabi Haifa
Career highlights
Belarusian League champion (2018) Belarusian Cup winner (2018)

Early life

Rubinshteyn was born in Minsk, Belarus. He played for Tsmoki-Minsk youth team.^[1]

Professional career

In 2012, Rubinshteyn started his professional career with Tsmoki-Minsk II, the reserve team of Tsmoki-Minsk.

On August 30, 2016, Rubinshteyn signed with Zlatorog Laško of the Slovenian Premier A.^[2] Rubinshteyn helped Zlatorog reach the 2017 Slovenian League playoffs as the third seed, but they eventually lost to Rogaška in the Semifinals.

In July 2017, Rubinshteyn returned to Tsmoki-Minsk for the 2017–18 season. On December 16, 2017, Rubinshteyn recorded a career-high 29 points, shooting 19-for-20 from the free throw line, along with six rebounds and four assists in a 94–99 loss to Borisfen Mogilev.^[3] In 46 games played during the 2017–18 season, he averaged 11.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Rubinshteyn won the 2018 Belarusian League and the 2018 Belarusian Cup titles with Tsmoki-Minsk.

On July 30, 2018, Rubinshteyn signed a one-year deal with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League.^[4] However, on February 15, 2019, Rubinshteyn parted ways with Legia to join Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League.^[5] On July 1, 2019, he parted ways with Be'er Sheva.^[6]

On August 22, 2019, Rubinshteyn signed with Hapoel Hevel Modi'in of the Israeli National League for the 2019–20 season.^[7]

On January 24, 2021, Rubinshteyn signed with Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League for the 2020–21 season.^[8]

National team career

Rubinshteyn is a member of the Belarus national basketball team. He was also a member of the Under-16, Under-18 and Under-20 Belarus national teams.

In July 2015, Rubinshteyn participated in the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he averaged 12.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists, leading the U-20 Belarusian team to the fifth place.^[9]

Personal life

Rubinshteyn also holds an Israeli passport.^[1]