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  height Ft 6
  height In 11
  weight Lbs 242
  position Power Forward / Center
  birth Place Carlton, Victoria
  league Russian Basketball Super League
  team CSKA Moscow
  former Teams Wollongong Hawks (1998&ndash1999)<br> Kinder Bologna (1999&ndash2003)<br> Montepaschi Siena (2003&ndash2004)
  Highschool Australian Institute Of Sport
  College None
  nationality AUS
  nationality 2 DNK
  draft 2<sup>nd</sup> round, 37<sup>th</sup> overall
  draft Team Atlanta Hawks
  draft Year 2002
  career Start 1998


David Emil Andersen (born June 23 , 1980 in Carlton, Victoria ) is an Australian professional basketball player currently playing with CSKA Moscow from the Russian Basketball Super League .

Andersen started playing basketball at the Australian Institute Of Sport .
He signed his first professional contract with the Wollongong Hawks . After just one year, he moved to Italy and signed a multi-year contract with Kinder Bologna , with whom he won numerous titles in his four-year span with the team. After the team went into bankruptcy in the summer of 2003 , he moved to Montepaschi Siena with whom he won another Italian championship. After only one season he again moved, this time to Russian CSKA Moscow, where he developed into one of the premier big men in European basketball.

Andersen is also a member of the Australian National Basketball Team , and represented his country in the 2004 Summer Olympics . He also holds a Danish passport.


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