Background
He grew up in the junior teams of Ural Great Permanent, and lastly played there for their U23 team in the 2008-2009 season.
He grew up in the junior teams of Ural Great Permanent, and lastly played there for their U23 team in the 2008-2009 season.
He is often used as power forward or center. After going undrafted in the 2012 National Basketball Association Draft, he signed with Russian VTB United League team British Columbia Nizhny Novgorod. In his second season (2013-2014), he averaged 10.5 points in the VTB Playoffs to lead his team to a second place and its first ever Euroleague berth.
In July 2014 Korobkov signed a 3-year contract with CSKA Moscow.