Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Orlandina Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at , he plays the point guard position. Atsür played college basketball at the North Carolina State University from 2003 to 2007.
He has also German citizenship by his mother.
Early years Atsür attended Saint-Benoit French High School in Istanbul. He started playing basketball in the youth teams of Efes Pilsen S.K.
After one year in the Turkish Second League, Atsür moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. to study business administration at NC State on an athletic scholarship and he graduated in 2007. Atsür was the starting point guard for NC State all four years. He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team for his junior season.DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICA TEAM Retrieved December 18, 2006
Pro career Atsür signed his first professional contract with the Italian League team Benetton Treviso on June 30, 2007. After spending one season in Italy, he signed a contract with the Turkish League team Efes Pilsen.Engin Atsür Efes Pilsen'de Retrieved July 12, 2008 For the 2009–10 season, Atsür signed a contract with Beşiktaş Cola Turka.Basketbolda Kadromuzu Güçlendirdik
After a successful season with Beşiktaş Cola Turka (27 games in TBL with 30.0 min, 13.1 pts, 48.3% FG, 40.8% 3P, 80.2% FT, 3.0 reb, 4.4 ast, 1.4 stl, 2.4 TO), Atsür signed with Fenerbahçe for two years.Fenerbahçe Ülker Engin Atsür'ü transfer etti
On June 29, 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Galatasaray Medical Park.Engin Aslan oldu In June 2013, Atsur's Galatasaray won the league championship after defeating Banvit B.K. in the TBL finals.
On June 23, 2014, Atsür returned to his former team Beşiktaş, when he signed a 2-year deal with an option for a third year.
On July 14, 2016, Atsür signed with German club Alba Berlin.
On September 5, 2017, he signed with Italian club Orlandina Basket.
Turkish national team At the 2002 European Championship for Junior Men at Germany, Atsür averaged 22.3 PPG and he was selected to the All-Tournament First Team as the best shooting guard of the competition.Eurobasket.com
Atsür was also a member of the senior Turkish national team, and figured in Turkey's squad that finished sixth in the 2006 FIBA World Championship held in Japan.Turkey Senior Basketball Team FIBA World Championships 2006 Retrieved February 18, 2007
Milestones At North Carolina State: 33rd player in North Carolina State University history to score over 1,000 points; scored 1181 points in his career. 2nd best three-point shooter in school history 4th best in minutes played in school history (3,838 min- 119 games- 32,3 mpg) Averaged 9.9 PPG over his career Gopack.com Retrieved July 27, 2008Gopack.com
References
External links Atsür's Bio At Gopack.com TurkSports.Net Profile Draftexpress.com Profile Atsur Article TBLStat.net Profile