Gennadi Georgievich Volnov (alternate spelling: Gennady,Russian:Геннадий Георгиевич Вольнов, November 28, 1939 – July 15, 2008) was a Russianbasketball player who played for the seniorSoviet Union national team from the late 1950s, to the early 1970s. He was born inMoscow. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.[1]
Volnov played with Spartak Moscow (1957–1958). He spent most of hisclub career playing withCSKA Moscow (1958–1970). While playing with CSKA and the Russian and Moscow unified teams, he won tenSoviet League championships (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, and 1970) and threeEuroLeague championships (1961,1963, and1969).
