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Vassili Karasev (born April 14, 1971 in St. Petersburg, USSR (Present day Russia}) is a retired Russian basketball player. A 1.93 m point guard, he was the starting play maker of the Russian national basketball team between 1993 and 2003 and for many years the one of CSKA in the Euroleague. He is widely considered as one of the best European play makers of the 90's.
Karasev won two Eurobasket medals (silver 1993, bronze 1997) and two World Championship silver medals (1994, 1998) with the Russian national basketball team. In the 1998 FIBA World Championship, he was selected in the All-Tournament Team. Moreover, he led CSKA to the 1996 Euroleague Final Four.
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