{{Short description|Bulgarian-French basketball player}} {{family name hatnote|Iliev|Evtimov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ilian Evtimov | image = Ilian Evtimov.jpg | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 215 | position = [[Power forward]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|28}} | birth_place = [[Sofia]], Bulgaria | league = [[LNB Pro A]] | team = Cholet Basket | number = 3 | highschool = [[Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School (North Carolina)|Bishop McGuinness]]<br />([[Kernersville, North Carolina]]) | college = [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]] (2001–2006) | nationality = Bulgarian / French | draft_year = 2006 | career_start = 2006 | career_end = | years1 = 2006 | team1 = [[CB Estudiantes|Estudiantes]] | years2 = 2006–2007 | team2 = [[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|Virtus Bologna]] | years3 = 2007–2009 | team3 = [[Skyliners Frankfurt]] | years4 = 2009 | team4 = [[BC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] | years5 = 2009–2010 | team5 = [[AEL Limassol (basketball)|AEL Limassol]] | years6 = 2010–2016 | team6 = [[Élan Chalon]] | years7 = 2016–present | team7 = [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]] | highlights = *[[LNB Pro A|Pro A]] champion ([[2011–12 LNB Pro A season|2012]]) *2× [[French Basketball Cup|French Cup]] winner (2011–2012) *[[French Basketball Cup Final MVP|French Cup Final MVP]] (2012) *[[Semaine des As]] champion (2012) | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France national basketball team|France]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2002 Lithuania]] | [[France men's national under-20 basketball team|U-20 Team]]}} }} '''Ilian Iliev Evtimov''' ({{langx|bg|Илиян Евтимов}}; born April 28, 1983) is a Bulgarian-French professional [[basketball]] player for [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]] of the French [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]. He is a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina-state/?Notification.Info=The%20legacy%20url%20is%20not%20supported|title=PackPride.com - NC State Wolfpack Football Recruiting|website=247Sports|accessdate=21 April 2023}}</ref>
==College career== Evtimov played [[college basketball]] in the United States at [[NCAA Division I]] school [[North Carolina State University]], where he played with the [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State Wolfpack]], from 2001 to 2006.
==Professional career== Evtimov signed his first professional contract with [[Virtus Bologna]] in 2006 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/072406aaa.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215191735/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/072406aaa.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-15|title=Evtimov Signs with VidiVici Bologna in Italy :: Former Pack forward signs with Serie A squad|date=15 February 2008|accessdate=21 April 2023}}</ref> and joined the [[Deutsche Bank Skyliners]] for the 2007-08 season.<ref>http://www.bulgarianbasket.com/en/news.php?id=11497&pg=1&gender=5&m=6 {{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Starting from 2010, Evtimov played for [[Élan Chalon]] and with the club he won the [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]] in 2012. He also won the [[French Basketball Cup]] in 2011 and 2012, while in the last Cup victory he was named [[French Basketball Cup Final MVP]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketeurope.com/toutes-categories/autre/84536/coupe-de-france-chalon-realise-un-double-historique/|title=Coupe de France : Chalon réalise un doublé historique|date=20 May 2012|accessdate=21 April 2023}}</ref>
On June 9, 2016, Evtimov signed with [[Cholet Basket]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/Actualites/Transfert-ilian-evtimov-de-chalon-a-cholet/692500|title=Transfert : Ilian Evtimov, de Chalon à Cholet|website=L'Équipe|accessdate=21 April 2023}}</ref>
==French national team== Evtimov played with the [[French national basketball team|French U22 national team]] at the [[2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]], where he won a bronze medal.
==Personal== A French national since 1995, Ilian is the youngest son of Bulgarian basketball star {{ill|Ilia Evtimov|fr}} (who relocated the family to France in the early 1990s during his playing career) and the brother of professional Euroleague player [[Vassil Evtimov]].
==References== {{Reflist|1}}
==External links== * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=000354 Euroleague.net Profile]
{{Cholet Basket current roster}} {{French Basketball Cup Final MVP}}
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