Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev, was a Russian basketball player. At a height of tall, he played at the small forward position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list.
Club career
Korneev started his club career with Dynamo Moscow, but he eventually moved to [PBC PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow], where he became one of the club's cornerstones in the 1960s. While a member of the Red Army club, Korneev won a EuroLeague championship in 1963. He scored 15 crucial points in the tie-breaking final game against Real Madrid, after first two games of the finals were not enough to crown a champion. He made it to the EuroLeague Final once again, two years later, when Real took their revenge for what had been a bitter loss 2 years earlier. In addition to that, Korneev helped CSKA to win five Soviet Union League championships.Korneev left CSKA in the prime of his career, due to a Soviet rule at the time, that did not allow players above 25 years old to play for the Army-supported team.