Defender Vitaly Fridzon signed a new contract with St. Petersburg “Zenith” according to the basketball club’s website.
The agreement with the 36-year-old basketball player is for 1 year.
— I am very happy to spend another season with the new winner of the VTB United League. Together we achieved the best result in the club’s history, and I’m sure this is just the beginning. Thank you to the technical staff and the management of the club who continue to trust me. I will do my best to be useful to the team,” Fridzon said.
The club’s general director, Alexander Tserkovny, called Fridzon the representative of the golden fund of Russian basketball.
— He is a super professional dedicated to basketball, who brings to the team not only experience and skills, but also a winning spirit, atmosphere and luck. The season will be extremely difficult and we need these qualities to try to repeat the success,” he said.
Fridzon moved to Zenit in the summer of 2020, left the team in the summer of 2021 due to contract expiration and returned to the club in March 2022.
In the last VTB United League draw, Fridzon entered the club’s squad 21 times, scored an average of 3.6 points per game (46.1% from two points, 42.1% from three points, 33.3% free throws), had 1.9 rebounds, 1, 3 assists in 12 minutes of play. The defender helped Zenit become the league champion for the first time, previously played for CSKA, Khimki, Lokomotiv-Kuban. As part of the Russian national team, he became the winner of the Olympic Games (2012) and the European Championship (2011)
Source : MatchTV
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