Ruslan Otverchenko

Ruslan Otverchenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Отверченко; 6 January 1990 – 15 January 2023) was a Ukrainian basketball player for SC Prometey and the Ukrainian National Team.^[1]

Ruslan Otverchenko

Otverchenko in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1990-01-06)6 January 1990 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Died	15 January 2023(2023-01-15) (aged 33) Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Position	Shooting guard
Number	9, 77
Career history
2012–2015	BC Kyiv
2012–2013	→Donetsk
2015–2016	Manresa
2016–2018	Budivelnyk
2018–2019	Cherkaski Mavpy
2019	Kyiv-Basket
2019–2020	Prometey
2020–2023	Budivelnyk

Otverchenko played the majority of his career in Ukraine, with exception of one season in Spain with Bàsquet Manresa. He participated at the EuroBasket 2017.^[2]

Otverchenko died from heart complications in Kyiv on 15 January 2023, at the age of 33.^[3]

See also

• List of basketball players who died during their careers