Youssoupha Fall

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Youssoupha Fall
No. 19 – ASVEL Basket
PositionCenter
LeagueLNB Pro A
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1995-01-12) January 12, 1995 (age 26)
Dakar, Senegal
NationalitySenegalese / French
Listed height7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2018Le Mans Sarthe
2016–2017→Poitiers 86
2018–presentBaskonia
2018–2019→SIG Strasbourg
2021–present→ASVEL Basket
Career highlights and awards
  • Leaders Cup winner (2019)
  • Pro A champion (2018)

Youssoupha Birima Fall (born January 12, 1995) is a Senegalese-French professional basketball player. He is currently signed with Saski Baskonia, but plays on loan for ASVEL Basket of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.

Career[]

Fall attended the Seeds Academy in Thiès, Senegal,[1] before joining the youth ranks of French team Le Mans Sarthe Basket in 2012. He made his debut on Le Mans’ men's team during the 2014–15 season.[2] In 2015, he was named to the "Cinq All Star Espoirs", the all-first team of the French development league,[3] after averaging 12.6 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per contest during the 2014-15 campaign.[4]

An early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, he later withdrew his name from the list.[5] He was sent on loan to LNB Pro B side Poitiers Baskets 86 for the 2016–17 season.[6]

On July 17, 2018, he signed a four-year deal with Kirolbet Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[7] On August 9, 2018, Baskonia loaned him to SIG Strasbourg for the 2018–19 season.[8] On August 15, 2021, Fall officially parted ways with the Basque club. He signed with ASVEL Basket on loan one day later.[9]

Personal life[]

Fall was granted French citizenship in March 2017.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Basket : Pro A : 5 Sénégalais engagés pour la saison 2015-2016". Lequotidien.sn. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  2. ^ "Youssoupha Fall - Le Mans – Joueurs - Pro A – LNB.fr". Lnb.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  3. ^ "LIGUE NATIONALE DE BASKET". Lnbespoirs.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  4. ^ "LIGUE NATIONALE DE BASKET". Lnbespoirs.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  5. ^ "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  6. ^ "Basket. Youssoupha Fall (MSB) prêté à Poitiers (Pro B)". Le Maine Libre (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  7. ^ "Baskonia gets big with Fall". EuroLeague.net. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Baskonia sends Youssoupha Fall on loan to SIG Strasbourg". Sportando. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  9. ^ "De la taille dans la raquette !". ASVEL. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  10. ^ Direction, La. "MSB.FR - Youssoupha est français". Msb.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-09.

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