# Robby Bostain

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{{Short description|American-Israeli basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image = Robby Bostain GasTerra Flames.jpg
| caption = Bostain playing for [GasTerra Flames](/source/GasTerra_Flames) in 2010
| image_size = 
| name = Robby Bostain<br>רובי בוסטיין
| position = [Point guard](/source/Point_guard)
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 200
| league = 
| team = 
| career_number = 4
| nationality = American / Israeli
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1984|3|16}}
| birth_place = [Duluth, Georgia](/source/Duluth%2C_Georgia)
| high_school = {{nowrap|[Brookwood](/source/Brookwood_High_School_(Snellville%2C_Georgia)) ([Snellville, Georgia](/source/Snellville%2C_Georgia))}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.furmanpaladins.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bostain_robby00.html?view=bio |title=Furman<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2016-11-29 |archive-date=2016-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130040632/http://www.furmanpaladins.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bostain_robby00.html?view=bio |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| college = [Furman](/source/Furman_Paladins_men's_basketball) (2003–2007)
| draft_year = 2007
| career_start = 2007
| career_end = 2015
| team1 = [Landstede Zwolle](/source/Landstede_Basketbal)
| years1 = 2007–2009
| team2 = [GasTerra Flames](/source/GasTerra_Flames)
| years2 = [2009](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Dutch_Basketball_League)–[2011](/source/2010-11_Dutch_Basketball_League)
| team3 = [Maccabi Ashdod](/source/Maccabi_Ashdod_B.C.)
| years3 = 2012
| team4 = [Ironi Nes Ziona](/source/Ironi_Nes_Ziona_B.C.)
| years4 = 2013–2015
| highlights = *[Dutch League](/source/Dutch_Basketball_League) champion ([2010](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Dutch_Basketball_League))
*[Dutch Cup](/source/NBB_Cup) winner (2011)
*3× [DBL All-Star](/source/DBL_All-Star) ([2009](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Eredivisie_(basketball)), [2010](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Dutch_Basketball_League), [2011](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Dutch_Basketball_League))
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}}
'''Robby Bostain''' ({{Langx|he|רובי בוסטיין}}; born March 16, 1984) is an American-Israeli<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE {{!}} Israel Basketball {{!}} 2014-15 Season {{!}} ironi Nes Ziona {{!}} Robby Bostain |url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=9923&lang=en |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=basket.co.il}}</ref> former professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player.<ref>[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Robby-Bostain/Israel/Ironi-Nes-Ziona/47054 Robby Bostain Basketball Player Profile, Ironi Nes-Ziona, Furman, News, National League stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Career==
Bostain started his professional career with [Landstede Basketbal](/source/Landstede_Basketbal), a team in the Netherlands that plays in the [Dutch Basketball League](/source/Dutch_Basketball_League) (DBL). On February 21, 2009, he scored a career-high 49 points in a 105–101 overtime win over [Aris Leeuwarden](/source/Aris_Leeuwarden).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-16 |title=Record scores {{!}} Basketball Happenings |url=http://j-dus.com/record-scores/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-date=2016-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716034452/http://j-dus.com/record-scores/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

After two seasons with the team, he went to [Groningen](/source/Groningen_(city)) to play for the [GasTerra Flames](/source/GasTerra_Flames). In his first year with the club, he won the Dutch championship. In his second year, he played in the [Euroleague](/source/Euroleague) qualification and won the Dutch [NBB Cup](/source/NBB_Cup) with the Flames.

In 2012, Bostain signed with [Maccabi Ashdod](/source/Maccabi_Ashdod_B.C.), where he played 11 games. After the season it was announced that Bostain wouldn't return to Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/israel/43110/robby-bostain-won-t-return-to-maccabi-ashdod.html |title=Robby Bostain won't return to Maccabi Ashdod |publisher=Sportando.net |date= |accessdate=2014-05-28}}</ref> On November 12, 2013 Bostain signed with [Ironi Nes Ziona](/source/Ironi_Nes_Ziona_B.C.).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldbasketballnews.nl/robby-bostain-tekent-contract-bij-ironi-nes-ziona-uit-israel/ |title=Robby Bostain tekent contract bij Ironi Nes Ziona uit Israël |publisher=Worldbasketballnews.nl |date=2013-11-12 |accessdate=2014-05-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722090509/http://worldbasketballnews.nl/robby-bostain-tekent-contract-bij-ironi-nes-ziona-uit-israel/ |archivedate=2014-07-22 }}</ref> He extended his contract with one year in May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/basketball.aspx?NewsID=361801 |title= Meir Tapiro and Robby Bostain stay with Ironi Nes-Ziona  |publisher=Eurobasket |date= |accessdate=2014-05-28}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Club'''
*[Dutch Champion](/source/Dutch_Basketball_League) <small>([2010](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Dutch_Basketball_League))</small>
*[Dutch Cup](/source/NBB_Cup) <small>(2011)</small>
'''Individual'''
*[DBL All-Star](/source/DBL_All-Star_Game) (3): <small>(2009, [2010](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Dutch_Basketball_League), [2011](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Dutch_Basketball_League))</small>

==References==
{{Commons category|Robby Bostain}}
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Category:1984 births
Category:Living people
Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel
Category:Donar (basketball club) players
Category:Dutch Basketball League players
Category:Furman Paladins men's basketball players
Category:Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. players
Category:Landstede Hammers players
Category:Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players
Category:Sportspeople from Duluth, Georgia
Category:Sportspeople from Snellville, Georgia
Category:Basketball players from Gwinnett County, Georgia
Category:Point guards
Category:American men's basketball players

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