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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name               = Anatoliy Kolesnikov
| image              = Anatoly Bose 2014 Asian Games.jpg
| caption           = Kolesnikov at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea
| position           = [[Small forward]]
| height_cm          = 200
| weight_kg          = 91
| league             = 
| team               = 
| number             = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|12|6}}
| birth_place        = [[Almaty|Alma-Ata]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]]
| nationality        = Kazakhstani
| high_school     = [[Waverley College]]<br>([[Waverley, New South Wales]])
| college            = [[Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball|Nicholls State]] (2007–2011)
| draft_year        = 2011
| career_start       = 2011
| career_end         = 
| years1             = 2011–2012
| team1              = [[Sydney Kings]]
| years2             = 2012–2016
| team2              = [[BC Astana]]
| highlights        = 
*2× VTB United League Kazakh Player of the Year (2014, 2015)
*3× [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship|Kazakhstan League]] champion (2013–2015)
*2× [[Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|Kazakhstan Cup]] champion (2013, 2014)
*[[NBL Rookie of the Year Award|NBL Rookie of the Year]] (2012)
*2× First-team All-[[Southland Conference|Southland]] (2010, 2011)
*Third-team All-Southland (2009)
}}

'''Anatoliy Kolesnikov''' (born 6 December 1988), formerly known as '''Anatoly Bose''', is an Australian-Kazakhstani professional [[basketball]] player who last played for [[BC Astana]] of the [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship|Kazakhstan League]]. He played college basketball for [[Nicholls State University]].<ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/the-remarkable-journey-of-sydney-kings-star-anatoly-bose/story-e6freyj0-1226244476526 The remarkable journey of Sydney Kings star Anatoly Bose]</ref>

==Early life==
Born as '''Anatoliy Kolesnikov''', he changed his name to '''Anatoly Bose''' as a youth. He was born and raised in [[Almaty|Alma-Ata]] in the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) before moving to [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] in the [[United States]] when he was six.<ref name=thenichollsworth>[http://www.thenichollsworth.com/lagniappe/athlete-journeys-to-america-for-love-of-basketball-1.2081589 Athlete journeys to America for love of basketball] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004228/http://www.thenichollsworth.com/lagniappe/athlete-journeys-to-america-for-love-of-basketball-1.2081589 |date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> When he was 12 years old, his family relocated to [[Bondi, New South Wales|Bondi]] in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref name=thenichollsworth/><ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5942119 Anatoly Bose has come a long way]</ref> He was named to the All-Australian High School squad in 2006 while averaging 22.5 points and 12.8 rebounds per contest in his senior campaign. For his efforts, his team voted him MVP his senior year. He was also selected to play for the All-Australian Under-19 team in 2006, and received invites to the Big Time Tournament in Los Angeles in 2005 and the Nike Basketball Camp in Asia in 2007. An academic honor student in 2006, Bose was one of five players on the team of foreign origin. Bose also helped New South Wales to claim the gold medal at the 2007 Under-20 Australian national championships.<ref>[http://pickandroll.com.au/aussie-euro-defectors-anatoly-bose-julian-khazzouh/ Aussie Euro defectors? Khazzouh, Bose set to switch countries]</ref>

==College career==
Bose finished his college career as one of the most consistent scoring threats in the nation, leading the Southland Conference and ranking eighth among NCAA Division I players with a 22.1 point/game scoring average.  Bose also grabbed a team-high 164 rebounds, and averaged 5.9 rebounds/game en route to being named All-Southland Conference First Team and All-Region 23 First Team.  After the end of the season, Bose was one of only 64 players invited to the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.

Bose scored 20 or more points in 21 of 28 games his senior year, including three games with 30 or more points. Over his four-year career, Bose recorded 50 20-point games, including 41 in his final 58 career games, spanning the final two years of his career.  Bose became just the third Colonel in school history to ever surpass the 2,000 career point mark, reaching the milestone on March 2, before concluding his career with 2,050 points.<ref name=kings>[http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/local-sports-news/nicholls-state-news/573089-anatoly-bose-signs-with-sydney-kings.html Anatoly Bose Signs With Sydney Kings] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222055919/http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/local-sports-news/nicholls-state-news/573089-anatoly-bose-signs-with-sydney-kings.html |date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>

He was named the Louisiana Men’s Basketball Player of the Year in 2011, a season where he recorded at least 20 points in his 28 games for the Colonels, averaged nearly six rebounds per contest and led his team to victories over traditional college powerhouses LSU and Tulane – two teams Nicholls State had never previously defeated.<ref name=kingz>[http://www.sydneykings.com/article/id/1ds2exr632wmt19eby63pjks5c NBA Draft Nominee and College Star Anatoly Bose Joins Kings in Coup for Sydney]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Professional career==

===Sydney Kings===
On 15 June 2011, Bose signed with the [[Sydney Kings]] for the [[2011–12 NBL season]].<ref name="kings" /><ref name="kingz" /> He went on to win the [[NBL Rookie of the Year Award]] after averaging 15.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 25 games.<ref>[http://geauxcolonels.com/news/2012/3/26/mbb_0326120151.aspx Former Colonel Anatoly Bose Named NBL Rookie of the Year]</ref><ref>[http://www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=194020309&client=0-189-88249-193068-369912 Player statistics for Anatoly Bose]</ref>

===BC Astana===
In August 2012, Bose signed a one-year deal with [[BC Astana]] of the [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship]].<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/other-leagues/94322/bc-astana-signs-anatoly-bose.html BC Astana signs Anatoly Bose]</ref> In 2013, he changed his name back to '''Anatoliy Kolesnikov''' and re-signed with Astana for the 2013–14 season.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/vtb-league/101940/anatoliy-kolesnikov-extends-with-bc-astana.html Anatoliy Kolesnikov extends with BC Astana]</ref> In July 2014, he again re-signed with the club for the 2014–15 season.<ref>[http://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/basketball.asp?NewsID=366560 Kolesnikov re-signs at BC Astana]</ref> In 2014–15, he earned VTB United League Kazakh Player of the Year honours for a second time after averaging 4.9 points and 3.6 rebounds in 33 games.

In July 2015, Kolesnikov re-signed with Astana once again.<ref>[http://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/basketball.asp?NewsID=412934 Kolesnikov re-signs at Astana]</ref>

==National team career==
In 2014, Kolesnikov represented Kazakhstan at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, where he averaged 13.9 points and 8.1 rebounds in 10 games. The following year, he represented Kazakhstan at the [[2015 FIBA Asia Championship]], where he averaged 11.0 points and 5.8 rebounds in six games.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/60c76f6a-efd6-408b-83f5-249f61060d91/538d6716-17ea-701d-c299-1135a8da4664/ Anatoliy Kolesnikov's FIBA profile]</ref>

==Personal==
Kolesnikov is the son of Oleg and Larisa Bose, and has a brother, Vladislav Bose. Kolesnikov married his wife, Yelizaveta Amelicheva, in July 2015.<ref>[http://www.bcastana.kz/ru/news/id/9243 БК "АСТАНА" ПРОДЛИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ЛУЧШИМ КАЗАХСТАНЦЕМ В ЕДИНОЙ ЛИГЕ ВТБ-2014/15] {{ru icon}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073055/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/player/anatoly-kolesnikov.htm Anatoliy Kolesnikov] at vtb-league.com

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