Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov, born on 10 January 1960, is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player, a 6 ft 8 in power forward-center who was the first player from an Eastern bloc country to compete in the American National Basketball Association. He came up through the junior side of Luskov Yambol and also played for Balkan Botevgrad and Akademik Varna, winning the Bulgarian National League with Akademik in 1984-85, before the Phoenix Suns selected him in the seventh round of the 1985 NBA draft. He later became president of the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and, from 9 April 2024, Bulgaria's Minister of Youth and Sports.
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Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov (alternate spelling: Gueorgui) (Bulgarian: Георги Николов Глушков; born 10 January 1960) is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player and president of Bulgarian Basketball Federation
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he was the first player from an Eastern bloc country to compete in the American National Basketball Association (NBA)
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