Biography
The fate of Alexei Swedes was predetermined before birth: parents sick basketball, giving love to the game with the ball with senior daughters, and later - and the youngest son. Already in 19 years, the Swede became the NBA scorer, but chose to continue his career in Russia.Childhood and youth
Alexey was born in Belgorod on December 16, 1988. The boy grew up with two senior sisters Evgenia and Victoria in the Union of Viktor Nikolaevich and the Hope of Alekseevna Swedes - professional basketball coaches. As the father of the family and his daughter jokes, and the son "was born with the ball": Mom played, while they allowed timing, and returned to the platform 3 weeks after childbirth.
Parents attracted a passion for the game and children: they trained the whole family, went to competition, supported each other from the stands.
The first mentor of Leshi in the Belgorod sports school was the father. For the sake of the Son, the Swede quas the coach in Poland and scored a group of Belgorod boys in a small homeland. Viktor Nikolayevich always was distinguished by rigor, and with Alexei demanded three.
Already as a child, a small basketball player reached the first victories: his team won a mini-basketball tournament, and Alexey presented T-shirt Andrei Kirilenko. Years later, Belgorod junior was with the idol in one NBA club.
Basketball
Alexey's professional basketball was engaged in 2003 in the composition of the Junior teams of St. Petersburg and Belgorod, and after a couple of seasons, the talented athlete was invited to CSKA to Moscow, where he played for the position of the defender of 7 years. Over the past time, the basketball player also represented Dynamo and Khimki on a rental deal.Aleksei Viktorovich Swede became a champion of Russia and went to the national team. A promising player repeatedly brought his country bronze at the European Championships - 2011 and the Summer Olympics - 2012 in London, and his own biography was replenished with the title of Honored Master of Sports and the Medal of the Order "For Merit to Fatherland" II.
The loud successes of the Swedes noticed in the National Basketball Association. In 2012, Russian was invited to the United States, where he concluded a three-year agreement with Minnesota Timbervulvz for $ 10 million.
The debut season of Alexei in the NBA was successful in many respects. From the first years, a 19-year-old basketball player was played at the parquet for more than 20 minutes, went out in the starting five and highly raised his own plank on points. At the beginning of 2013, Swede took part in the authoritative match of all stars among beginners. Earlier in the competition of this level from Russians, only Andrei Kirilenko appeared.
After such a promising start, Alexey lowered the individual indicators on the circumstances independent of him: due to exchange transactions, the basketball player changed clubs three times and played the balance of the contract for the "Philadelphia of Seven Sikssers", "Houston Roquets" and "New York Nix".
The reign of the last team suggested the Swede 2.8 million, which he rejected that in 2015 return to Khimki. The reasons for the return was two: the athlete was afraid that it would be an eternal reserve in the NBA, and the salary proposed by New Yorkians was less than that set at that time.
In Moscow, Alexey became the most expensive Euroleague basketball player with an annual fee of € 3.4 million and, together with the club, took off in the top 16 season 2015/2016. It is noteworthy that in Russia the Swedes acts under the first number, as in the United States.
Later, the athlete was recognized as the most valuable basketball player (MVP) of the VTB United League Championship and the most productive player in the top 5 European Championship - 2017. Twice Swede became the best scorer of the Euroleague.
Personal life
Even in his youth, Alexey met Nastasya Ziadadinova, who danced in the CSKA support group. Young people have twisted the novel, and in 2015 they tied the personal life of marriage.
In June 2019, a pair had a sonya daughter, and a year and a half, his wife gave a basketball player a second girl. Parents chose an unusual name for the baby - the bark, which is translated from the ancient Greek as a "girl."
The athlete often shares a photo with family in a personal instagram account. In addition, the spouses together participate in telecasts, for example, became the guests of the Evening Urgant show. And during the period of Lokdaun 2020, Nastasya itself interviewed her husband for the channel "Match TV".
Growth Alexei Swedes 198 cm, weight 85 kg.
Alexey Swede now
In the spring of 2021, Alexey broke his finger on his right hand and missed the ending of the season. In May, the basketball player grieved the fans of another news: the Swede left the Olympic team. He noted that it does not feel the motivation to continue, wants to spend more time with his family, and because of numerous injuries, he needs more rest.
Achievements
- 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 - Champion of Russia
- 2008 - Euroleague winner
- 2006 - the winner of the Yurban Youth Tournament
- 2006 - Silver Quality Double
- 2008 - Laureate of the Gold Basket Prize in the nomination "Best Young Basketball Player of Russia"
- 2011 - the winner and the best player of the tournament for the Alexander Gomelsky Cup
- 2011 - Bronze medalist of the European Championship
- 2012 - Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games
- 2017 - the best sniper of the European Championship
- 2017 - the best sniper eurocup
- 2018, 2019 - Best Sniper Single League VTB
- 2020 - the best player "Match of All Stars" of the Unified League VTB
- 2017, 2020, 2021 - Member of the "Match of All Stars" of the Unified League VTB