Abdoulaye Harouna

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Abdoulaye Harouna
Abdoulaye Harouna.jpg
Harouna in 2022
No. 10AS Douanes
Position Shooting guard
League BAL
NM1
Personal information
Born (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32)
Niamey, Niger
NationalityNigerien
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight81 kg (179 lb)
Career information
High school South Kent School
(South Kent, Connecticut)
College Miami (2015–2019)
NBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020 AS Nigelec
2021 FAP
2021–2023 AS Salé
2023 ABC Fighters
2024–present AS Douanes
Career highlights and awards

Abdoulaye Harouna Amadou (born 12 December 1992) is a Nigerien basketball player who plays for AS Douanes of the Nationale 1 and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He has also played for the Niger national team. Harouna played college basketball for Miami RedHawks between 2015 and 2019. [1]

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Early life

Born and raised in Niamey, Niger, Harouna was named MVP of the all-star game in Niger two times. He also participated at the Adidas Nations training camp in four years.

Harouna later moved to the United States to play high school basketball for the private boarding school South Kent School. [2]

College career

Harouna played for the College of Southern Idaho and earned all-region honours; he was named MVP of the Region 18 tournament and helped the Golden Eagles to a 31–3 record and number 3 seed in the NCJAA tournament. [1]

Harouna joined the Miami Redhawks team in 2015, where he wore number 30. [1] He started in 18 games in his rookie season. Harouna redshirted the 2015–16 season. [1]

Professional career

Harouna started his career with AS Nigelec in his home country Niger. In October 2019, Harouna played in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments with the team.

In May 2021, he joined Cameroonian club FAP Basketball to play in the inaugural BAL season. [3] Harouna led FAP in scoring with 19.3 points per game and guided his team to the quarterfinals.

Since November 2021, Harouna plays in Morocco with AS Salé of the Division Excellence. He helped them win the Division Excellence title in 2022.

After starting the season in Morocco with Salé, in February 2023, Harouna joined the ABC Fighters for Season 3 of the BAL. [4]

In December 2023, Harouna announced on Instagram that he had signed with Senegalese club AS Douanes, runners-up of the previous BAL season, for the 2024 season. [5] On 5 May 2024, Harouna scored a BAL career-high 35 points in a 76–59 win over Monastir. [6] Douanes was elimianted in the quarterfinals by Petro de Luanda, however, Harouna led the league in steals with 4 per game and was named to the BAL All-Defensive Team for the first time. [7] Harouna was also named to the All-BAL Second Team. [8]

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
 * Led the league
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2021 FAP 4428.8.310.353.7504.02.31.50.019.3
2022 Salé 6637.4.446.418.6363.73.52.20.319.8
2023 ABC Fighters 6633.8.327.254.7935.01.81.80.217.3
2024 AS Douanes 8833.7.289.292.7672.83.44.0*0.117.1

Personal

Harouna speaks English, French, Hausa and Zarma. [1]

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References

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  2. "Abdoulaye Harouna - Men's Basketball". College of Southern Idaho Athletics. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. "Cameroon's FAP out to conquer the continent at newly-launched Basketball Africa League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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