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
Died15 January 2023(2023-01-15) (aged 33)
Kyiv, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2012: undrafted
PositionShooting guard
Number9, 77
Career history
2012–2015BC Kyiv
2012–2013Donetsk
2015–2016Manresa
2016–2018Budivelnyk
2018–2019Cherkaski Mavpy
2019Kyiv-Basket
2019–2020Prometey
2020–2023Budivelnyk

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]

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