Hüseyin Beşok

Hüseyin Beşok — Biography

Hüseyin Beşok is a center who rose at Efes Pilsen in the 1990s and went on to win titles in four different countries. After retiring as a player he moved into administration and was elected to the FIBA Europe Board in May 2023.

He began professionally at Karşıyaka and moved to Efes Pilsen in 1994. There he won the Korać Cup in 1996, the Turkish league in 1996 and 1997, and the Turkish Cup in 1996, 1998 and 2001, and reached the 2000 EuroLeague Final Four. In summer 2000 he was tried out in the Toronto Raptors' summer league. In 2001 he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv, where a foreign-player limit cost him playing time in the first season, and then won the Israeli league and cup in 2002 and 2003. An injury kept him from playing in his stint at Šibenik in Croatia; he then flourished at ASVEL in France, where he was invited to the All-Star game in his first season. With Le Mans he won the 2006 Pro A title and the Finals MVP award. In 2006-07 he played for Prokom in Poland and won that league. Back in Turkey he played for Galatasaray, Türk Telekom, Aliağa Petkim, Beşiktaş and Hacettepe University, and took part in the Turkish All-Star game in 2008 and 2009.

He was a regular for the national team for a long time and played in the squad that won Turkey's silver medal at EuroBasket 2001.