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{{short description|Russian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Nikita Kurbanov
| image        = Nikita Kurbanov 41 PBC CSKA Moscow 20171027 (3).jpg
| image_size   =
| caption      = Kurbanov, in 2017.
| position     = [[Small forward]] 
| height_cm    = 202
| weight_kg    = 105
| league       = [[VTB United League]]
| team         = CSKA Moscow
| number       = 41
| nationality  = Russian
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1986|10|5}}
| birth_place  = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]],<br>[[Soviet Union]]
| draft_year   = 2008
| career_start = 2004
| career_end   = 
| years1       = 2004–2012
| team1        = [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| years2       = 2005
| team2        = → [[Lokomotiv Rostov]]
| years3       = 2008
| team3        = → [[BC UNICS|UNICS Kazan]]
| years4       = 2008–2009
| team4        = → [[Spartak Saint Petersburg]]
| years5       = 2012–2013
| team5        = Spartak Saint Petersburg
| years6       = 2013–2014
| team6        = UNICS
| years7       = 2014–2015
| team7        = [[PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban|Lokomotiv Kuban]]
| years8       = 2015–present
| team8        = CSKA Moscow
| highlights   = 
* 3× [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2005–06 Euroleague|2006]], [[2015–16 Euroleague|2016]], [[2018–19 EuroLeague|2019]])
* 6x [[VTB United League]] champion ([[2009–10 VTB United League|2010]], [[2011–12 VTB United League|2012]], [[2015–16 VTB United League|2016]]–[[2018–19 VTB United League|2019]])
*[[VTB United League Playoffs MVP]] ([[2018–19 VTB United League|2019]])
* [[VTB United League Defensive Player of the Year]] ([[2016–17 VTB United League|2017]])
* 6× [[Russian Professional Basketball Championship|Russian League]] champion (2005–2007, 2010–2012)
* 5× [[Russian Basketball Cup|Russian Cup]] winner (2005–2007, 2010, 2014)
* [[Russian Gold Basket awards|Best Russian Young Player]] (2006)
* [[FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]] MVP (2005)
}}
'''Nikita Aleksandrovich Kurbanov''' ({{langx|ru|Никита Александрович Курбанов}}; born October 5, 1986) is a Russian professional [[basketball]] player and the [[Captain (sports)|team captain]] of [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] of the [[VTB United League]]. Standing at {{height|m=2.02}},

==Professional career==
Kurbanov made his professional debut with [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] during the 2004–05 season. He then moved to [[Lokomotiv Rostov]], before returning to CSKA Moscow. He joined [[BC UNICS|UNICS Kazan]] in 2008, and he spent the 2008–09 season with [[Spartak St. Petersburg]]. He then moved back to CSKA Moscow once again.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} On June 17, 2014, he signed a 1+1 deal with [[PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban|Lokomotiv Kuban]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lokomotiv Kuban announces Nikita Kurbanov|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/russia/123093/lokomotiv-kuban-announces-nikita-kurbanov.html|work=Sportando.com|date=June 17, 2014}}</ref>

On June 15, 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the option of third year with his former team CSKA Moscow.<ref>{{cite news|title=Никита Курбанов вернулся в ЦСКА|url=http://www.cskabasket.com/news/?id=14382|access-date=17 June 2015|work=cskabasket.com|date=15 June 2015|language=ru}}</ref> On May 5, 2017, Kurbanov was named [[VTB United League Defensive Player of the Year]] of the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/nikita-kurbanov-wins-defensive-player-of-the-year|title=Nikita Kurbanov Wins Defensive Player Of The Year|publisher=Vtb-league.com|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref> On June 18, 2021, Kurbanov extended his contract for another two (1+1) years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nikita Kurbanov re-signs with Cska Moscow |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/nikita-kurbanov-re-signs-with-cska-moscow/ |website=Sportando |access-date=June 22, 2021 |date=June 18, 2021}}</ref>

==National team career==
As a member of the junior Russian national basketball teams, Kurbanov led the [[2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]] in scoring and he was named to the competition's All-Tournament First Team. He also won the gold medal with Russia's junior national team at the [[2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]. He was also named the tournament's [[Most valuable player|MVP]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kurbanov Heads All Tournament Team|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_f43ulKJBGLcVnbH-aqLVu2.roundID_3795.compID_UIfgjyQcGqk-fPlnl66Tj0.season_2005.coid_2nfDJ2AwGKMlZAxi2llhN2.articleMode_on.html|access-date=26 July 2015|work=fibaeurope.com|date=17 July 2005}}</ref>

He has also played with the senior [[Russia national basketball team|Russian national basketball team]] at the [[EuroBasket 2009]], the [[EuroBasket 2015]], and the [[EuroBasket 2017]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180322021304/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/nikita%20kurbanov/pid//_//players.html Nikita KURBANOV (RUS).]</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes season in which Kurbanov won the [[EuroLeague champion|EuroLeague]]
|-
| style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|*
| Led the league
|}

{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005–06 Euroleague|2005–06]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="13"| [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| 17 || 0 || 9.1 || .345 || .200 || .706 || 1.6 || .3 || .5 || '''.1''' || 2.0 || 1.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006–07 Euroleague|2006–07]]
| 15 || 4 || 7.5 || .458 || .333 || .636 || 1.5 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 2.1 || 1.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| [[2007–08 Euroleague|2007–08]]†
| 3 || 0 || 8.0 || '''.800''' || .500 || '''1.000''' || 1.7 || {{sort|-|—}} || .7 || {{sort|-|—}} || 3.7 || 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009–10 Euroleague|2009–10]]
| 18 || 0 || 6.9 || .333 || .375 || .500 || 1.2 || .4 || .2 || .0 || 1.1 || 1.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]]
| 7 || 0 || 5.7 || .667 || .000 || '''1.000''' || 1.0 || '''.3''' || .3 || .0 || 1.4 || 1.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011–12 Euroleague|2011–12]]
| 6 || 0 || 11.0 || .450 || .333 || '''1.000''' || 2.5 || .3 || '''1.0''' || '''.3''' || 3.8 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| [[2015–16 Euroleague|2015–16]]†
| 29 || 15 || 20.1 || .508 || .413 || .889 || '''5.0''' || 1.2 || .7 || .1 || '''6.7''' || '''10.2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2016–17 Euroleague|2016–17]]
| 35 || 29 || 19.2 || .435 || .333 || .894 || 3.8 || 1.1 || .6 || '''.3''' || 6.1 || 7.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2017–18 Euroleague|2017–18]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|36* || 35 || 18.6 || .460 || .333 || .863 || 3.2 || 1.3 || .7 || .2 || 5.2 || 6.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| [[2018–19 Euroleague|2018–19]]†
| 34 || 28 || 17.8 || .596 || '''.511''' || .833 || 3.5 || .8 || .5 || .2 || 5.7 || 7.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2019–20 Euroleague|2019–20]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || 20.3 || .464 || .444 || .792 || 3.5 || '''1.5''' || .6 || '''.3''' || 5.3 || 6.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2020–21 EuroLeague|2020–21]]
| '''39''' || style="background:#CFECEC;"|'''39'''* || '''22.1''' || .458 || .338 || .718 || 2.6 || .9 || .6 || '''.3''' || 4.1 || 4.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2021–22 EuroLeague|2021–22]]
| 24 || 22 || 18.3 || .479 || .368 || .667 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .2 || '''.3''' || 4.1 || 4.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career
| 291 || 200 || 16.9 || .477 || .382 || .823 || 3.0 || .9 || .5 || .3 || 4.5 || 5.7
{{S-end}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Nikita Kurbanov}}
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nikita_Kurbanov/61358 Nikita Kurbanov] at eurobasket.net
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=JLX#!careerstats Nikita Kurbanov] at euroleague.net
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180322021304/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/nikita%20kurbanov/pid//_//players.html Nikita Kurbanov] at fiba.com

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