Ersan Ilyasova is a basketball player in our National Basketball Team. He was born in Eskişehir. He is the son of Kırım Tatar family. His father's name is Enver Ilyasov. His mother name is Iraliye Ilyasova. Ersan's real name is Arsen Ilyasov.


His ability was discovered by Ülker sport when he was young. He became a Turkish citizen in 2003. He played for Ülkersport during 2004-2005. Then, he was chosen as number 36 in 2005 NBA droft by Milwaukee Bucks. He signed his first contract with Milwaukee Bucks at 23 August 2005. But he went to a National Basketball Development League (NBDL) team, Tulsa 66 ers, to play and gain experience. He had 12,5 points and 7 ribaunds average in this team that season. He had a lot of successful games youth and star categories. He had ''the most valuable player'' award in FIBA Europe Under - 20 Championship 2006 in Izmir.


 He was transfered to FC Barcelona Team in summer of 2007. He played well at Game on tournament in England to prepare 2009 Europe Basketball Championship. Especially, his performance in Poland match enabled him to win Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. He played very well in Efes Pilsen World Cup 8, too. He had 18 points in England match and he was the most scorer player of our team and match. He is playing in NBA with  Milwaukee Bucks now. And he is married to Julia. She is Belarusian.



                                                                                                                         Mustafa KALFA