Last season the 30-year old point guard compete for Sakhalin in the first division of the Russian Superleague. His squad reached the Russian Cup gold medal game and finished the fourth in the regular championship. In 30 games Zibirov averaged 12.5 points (38.9% three-pointers), 3.8 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals (2nd position in the league) for 29.8 minutes played.

A native of Volsk (Saratov region) found himself in the Avtodor system in the age of 14. In the 2002–2003 season, Zibirov won the Russian Championship for Junior Men. After that, he became involved in the Russian U18 and U20 National Teams. In the age of 16, Dramir made his debut in the Avtodor senior team where he was playing from 2002 to 2005. Summer 2005, the playmaker moved to Dynamo St.Petersburg. With his new squad he won the FIBA Europe League and reached the Final Four of FIBA Europe Cup.

During 15 years of his professional career Zibirov also competed for Lokomotiv Rostov, BC Nizhny Novgorod, Dynamo Moscow, Severstal Cherepovets, Ataman Rostov-on-Don and BC Ryazan. In 2009 Damir was invited to play for the Russian Student National Team to reach the World Summer Universiade Basketball Tournament gold medal game in Serbia.



Andrea MAZZON
Avtodor head coach:
“Dramir shows a big willing to be part of the new Avtodor "process", that's really positive for the club and myself. We'll ask him to be a positive example for the young players and a model to follow to achieve a future in VTB league. Zibirov is going to bring intensity and ball pressure defensively beside his playmaking of course. I wish Dramir is going to understand as quick as possible his role, and never forget he could be really important even if sometimes he may not have big playing time. But without the Russian pride we'll never succeed.”



REFERENCE:
ZIBIROV Dramir
Date of birth: 14th December 1986.
Height: 187 cm.
Weight: 83 kg.
Position: Point guard.
Place of birth: Volsk (Saratov region).
Nationality: Russia.
Title: International master of sports.

SPORTS CAREER:
Teams:
2001–2002 – Avtodor-2 Saratov
2002–2005 – Avtodor Saratov
2005–2006 – Dynamo St. Petersburg
2006–2009 – Lokomotiv Rostov
2009–2010 – Dynamo Moscow
2010–2011 – Severstal Cherepovets
2011–2012 – Ataman Rostov-on-Don
2012–2013 – Nizhny Novgorod
2013–2016 – BC Ryazan
2016–2017 – Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Statistics in the Russian Superleague First Division & Russian Cup in the 2016–2017 season (avg. per game): 30 games, 12.5 points (38.9% three-pointers), 3.8 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals for 29.8 minutes played.

Personal achievements:
2005 – FIBA Europe League champion.
2004 – FIBA Europe Cup Northern Conference runner-up.
2006, 2012 – the Russian Superleague regular championship runner-up (twice).
2006 – FIBA Europe Cup Final Four participant.
2009 – World Summer Universiade Basketball Tournament runner-up.
2017 – Russian Cup runner-up.