Vladimir Boisa

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Vladimir Boisa
Boisa playing for Zadar
Personal information
Born (1981-07-04) July 4, 1981 (age 42)
Rustavi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityGeorgian / Slovenian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2003: undrafted
Playing career1996–2012
PositionPower forward
Career history
1996–1998Azoti Rustavi
1998–1999Postojna
1999–2001Slovan
2001–2005Olimpija
2005–2007Montepaschi Siena
2007–2008Spartak Primorje
2008Aris Thessaloniki
2008–2009Menorca Bàsquet
2009–2010Zadar
2010–2011Olimpija
2012Panionios
2012Armia
Career highlights and awards

Vladimir Boisa or Vladimer Boisa (born July 4, 1981) is a Georgian former professional basketball player. Since 2013 he is the vice-president of Georgian Basketball Federation.

Professional career[edit]

Boisa has spent the most successful years of his career in Slovenia, where he played for Olimpija for the four seasons.[1] During the last season with the club, Boisa participated in EuroLeague, where his average stats were 15.8 points and 6.3 rebounds.[2] He managed to score 28 points against Maccabi Tel Aviv during the season, which is the highest points he has ever scored in the competition.[3]

Later he moved to Italy and joined Montepaschi Siena in 2005.[4]

During his season-long spell in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki, Boisa averaged 4.1 points and 2.5 rebounds in the Greek Basket League.[5]

The Georgian player has Liga ACB experience as well, as he played for Menorca Bàsquet during 2008-09 season, averaging 4 points and 2 rebound in 18 minutes of playing time.[6] He was released by the club in February, 2009.[7]

Boisa returned to Olimpija in 2010, having spent the only season for the club.[8][9]

In 2012, during his final year of career Boisa moved again to Greece and joined Panionios.[10] His last club was BC Armia in Georgian Superliga.[11] He left the club at the start of year 2013 and decided to retire.

National team career[edit]

Vladimir Boisa played for the Georgia national team. He was one of the members of the team, which won FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Division B.[12]

Boisa participated with his national team at the 2011 Eurobasket as well, averaging 2.6 points per game.[13]

Personal life[edit]

Boisa is married to a Slovenian woman and has two children: a boy named Lian and a daughter named Naia.[14]

Vladimer's brother Anatoli is also a basketball player. The brothers participated together for Georgia in EuroBasket in 2011.[15]

Career statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2001–02 KK Olimpija 8 3 8.1 .357 .143 .900 1.1 .0 .4 .1 2.8 0.8
2002–03 KK Olimpija 20 20 21.2 .465 .319 .726 3.7 .9 .8 .3 8.5 7.0
2003–04 KK Olimpija 19 18 27.5 .453 .349 .623 3.0 .9 .6 .3 9.3 5.7
2004–05 KK Olimpija 14 14 33.2 .532 .286 .603 6.3 .4 .8 .5 15.8 14.5
2005–06 Montepaschi Siena 14 9 20.3 .500 .229 .500 3.2 .8 .8 .3 5.6 4.1
2007–08 Aris Thessaloniki 10 3 16.0 .278 .500 .429 2.2 .7 .1 .2 3.4 2.7
2010–11 KK Olimpija 4 0 6.5 .000 .000 .000 .5 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 89 67 20.9 .476 .312 .636 3.3 .7 .6 .1 7.9 6.1

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