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Turkish basketball player (1976–2024)

Asım Pars
Personal information
Born(1976-04-01)1 April 1976
Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Died23 September 2024(2024-09-23) (aged 48)
Tojšići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NationalityBosnian, Turkish
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1998: undrafted
Playing career1992–2013
PositionCenter
Number5, 8, 11, 14
Career history
1992–1993 Sloboda Dita
1993–1994Galatasaray
1994–1996KK Zagreb
1996 Tuborg
1996–1998Ülkerspor
1998–2000Tofaş
2000–2001Fenerbahçe
2001–2002Ülkerspor
2002–2003Efes Pilsen
2003 Dynamo Moscow
2003–2006 Tuborg
2006–2007 Lokomotiv Rostov
2007–2008Pınar Karşıyaka
2008–2009Türk Telekom
2009–2012 Mersin BB
2012–2013Erdemirspor
Medals
Representing  Turkey
FIBA European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2001 Turkey National team

Asım Pars (born Asim Paščanović; 1 April 1976 – 23 September 2024) was a Turkish professional basketball player. He stood 2.13 m tall and played as a center. He had a dual citizenship, Turkish and Bosnian.

Personal life and death

During the early 2000s, Pars married his girlfriend Amra Mehinović. The couple's first child, son Emre, was born in 2003. Their second child, daughter Saira, was born in 2010 in Adana while Mersin player Pars was in town for a game versus Adana Demirspor and his pregnant wife, who had accompanied him for the trip, unexpectedly went into labour.

On 23 September 2024, Pars' body was found at his family home in Tojšići, near Kalesija. He was 48. According to media reports, Tuzla Canton Interior Ministry and Kalesija Medical Center determined his death to have come about via suicide by hanging.

References

  1. "Bivši reprezentativac Turske Asim Pars: Žao mi je što nisam igrao za BiH". www.klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. "Turci "ukrali" mlade talente iz BiH, a dobili vrhunske zvezde: Adis Lagumdžija glavni adut, Mirza čeka šansu". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Asim Pars Paščanović, košarkaški as iz Tojšića: Član najbolje generacije Turske reprezentacie, neostvarena želja nastup za Bosnu i Hercegovinu" (in Bosnian). NKP.ba. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. "Asım Pars Yaşamını Yitirdi - Basketfaul". basketfaul.com.tr (in Turkish). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. "Eski milli basketbolcu Asım Pars, 48 yaşında hayatını kaybetti". cnnturk.com (in Turkish). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ^ K., A. (23 September 2024). "Iznenada preminuo legendarni košarkaš Asim Paščanović" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. S., S. (23 September 2024). "Legendarni košarkaš Asim Paščanović počinio samoubistvo" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  8. B., A. (23 September 2024). "Policija se oglasila o smrti legendarnog košarkaša Asima Paščanovića" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

External links

Turkish squads
Turkey squad – EuroBasket 2001 – Silver Medal
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