Oleksandr Lypovyy

Oleksandr Lypovyy
Lypovyy, while playing with the Ukraine, in August 2011.
No. 11 – Prometey
PositionShooting guard / small forward
LeagueLatvian-Estonian Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1991-10-09) October 9, 1991 (age 33)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Listed height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2011Kyiv
2011–2014Donetsk
2014Crvena zvezda
2014–2015Budivelnyk
2015VITA Tbilisi
2015–2016Szolnoki Olaj
2016Dynamo Kyiv
2016–2017Aries Trikala
2017–2020Promitheas Patras
2020–2022Prometey
2022Telekom Baskets Bonn
2022–presentPrometey
Career highlights and awards

Oleksandr Lypovyy (born October 9, 1991) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.

Professional career

In March 2014, Lypovyy signed a contract with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda, for the rest of the season.[1] In September 2014, he returned to Ukraine, and signed with Budivelnyk.[2] In October 2015, he signed with the Georgian team VITA Tbilisi.[3]

On November 10, 2015, he left Tbilisi and signed with the Hungarian club Szolnoki Olaj, for the rest of the season.[4] In late February 2016, he left Szolnoki and signed with the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, for the rest of the season.[5] In September 2016, he signed with the Greek team Aries Trikala, for the 2016–17 season.[6]

On July 14, 2017, he signed with the Greek club Promitheas Patras.[7] On July 4, 2019, Lypovyy renewed his contract with Promitheas through 2021. After the end of the 2019–20 season, Lypovyy refused to reduce his wages with Promitheas, and eventually, the team terminated his contract.

National team career

Lypovyy has been a member of the senior Ukrainian national basketball team. With the Ukrainian national team, he played at the EuroBasket 2011, the EuroBasket 2013, the EuroBasket 2015, and the EuroBasket 2017. He also played at the 2014 FIBA World Cup

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