David Andersen

David Andersen
	Andersen with FC Barcelona.
Personal information
Born	June 23, 1980 (age 44); Carlton, Victoria
Nationality	Danish / Australian
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Australian Institute of Sport
NBA draft	2002: 2nd round, (37th pick)
	Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	1998–present
Position	Forward/Center
Career highlights and awards
	Albert Schweitzer MVP 1998 ; Italian League Finals MVP 2004; All-Euroleague First Team 2005;
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

David Emil Andersen (born June 23, 1980 in Carlton, Victoria) is an Australian professional basketball player. He also holds a Danish passport. He is 213 cm (7 ft 0 in) tall.^[1]

Pro career

Andersen started playing basketball at the Australian Institute of Sport. He signed his first professional contract with the Wollongong Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League. After just one year, he moved to the Italian A League and signed a multi-year contract with Virtus Bologna, with whom he won numerous titles in his four-year span with the team. After the team went into bankruptcy in the summer of 2003, he moved to the Italian club Montepaschi Siena with whom he won another Italian Championship.

The following season he moved again, this time to the Russian Super League club CSKA Moscow. Andersen earned an All-Euroleague First Team selection in the 2004-05 Euroleague season, when CSKA made it to the Euroleague Final Four. Before the 2008-09 season, he transferred to the Spanish ACB League club FC Barcelona. With Barcelona he won the Spanish Championship.

On July 14, 2009, his NBA draft rights were traded from the Atlanta Hawks to the Houston Rockets for cash and future considerations.^[2]

Australian national team

Andersen is also a member of the senior Australian national basketball team, and he represented his country at both the 2004 Olympics Basketball Tournament and the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament.

References

^ Basketpedya.com Height: 213 cm.
^ "Rockets Acquire Rights to David Andersen". NBA.com. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

External links

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[1] Basketpedya.com Height: 213 cm.

[2] "Rockets Acquire Rights to David Andersen". NBA.com. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

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