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PROFESSIONAL CAREER After graduation from Bucknell, Holden received a call from a basketball club in Riga , Latvia offering him $3,000 a month to join their team. He accepted and began a long and very successful career in Europe an basketball.http://bucknellbison.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012804aaa.html Holden has played for teams in Latvia (1998-99), Russian Super League Player of the Year. He earned an Import Players Honorable Mention in the 2002 Eurobasket All-Europe Rankings.http://www.eurobasket.com/article1.asp PERSONAL On October 20 , 2003, Holden became a Russian Citizen by decree of President Vladimir Putin . This move was brought about by new Russian Basketball Federation regulations restricting the number of foreigners, and specifically Americans allowable on Russian League teams. In response to the move, CSKA Basketball CEO Sergei Kushchenko hatched the idea of Holden acquiring citizenship. Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov and the Russian State Sports Committee both wrote letters in support of the decree. Holden currently maintains dual American and Russian citizenship. TRIVIA
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