Danny Agbelese

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Danny Agbelese
Free agent
Position Center / power forward
Personal information
Born (1990-04-14) April 14, 1990 (age 33)
Lanham, Maryland
NationalityAmerican / Nigerian
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight236 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013Esteghlal Qeshm
2013Unión Atlética
2013–2014Wanderers Paysandú
2014–2015 Guadalajara
2015 Rethymno
2015 Ourense
2015–2016 Gipuzkoa Basket
2016–2017 Enel Brindisi
2017 Pau-Orthez
2017–2018Gipuzkoa Basket
2018–2019 Holargos
2019–2020 Kolossos Rodou
2020–2021 Promitheas Patras
2021–2022 Real Betis
2022 Peristeri
2023 Estudiantes
2023 Marinos de Anzoátegui
2023 Piratas de La Guaira
Career highlights and awards

Danny Akintunde Agbelese [1] (born April 14, 1990) is an American-Nigerian [2] [3] professional basketball player. After two years at Collin College, and two years at Hampton, Agbelese entered the 2012 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds. He was named MVP of the Greek Super Cup in 2020.

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High school career

Agbelese played high school basketball at Massanutten Military Academy, in Woodstock, Virginia.

College career

After high school, Agbelese played college basketball at Collin College, from 2008 to 2010. After that, he transferred to Hampton, where he stayed until 2012.

Professional career

Agbelese made his first professional footprints in Iran, in the 2012–13 season, with Esteghlal Qeshm. The next year he moved to Uruguay, and joined Union Atletica. During the season, he left the club, and signed with Wanderers Paysandu. At the start of 2014, he agreed with the Spanish club Guadalajara. The same year he also played with the Greek club Rethymno [4] and the Spanish club Ourense.

In the 2015–16 season, he played again in Spain, with Gipuzkoa Basket. [5] In 2016, he signed with the Italian club Enel Brindisi. [6] During the 2017–18 season, he signed with Élan Béarnais in France, [7] but later in the season he left the club, and re-signed with Gipuzkoa Basket. [8] He went on to average 7.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

On August 6, 2018, he joined Holargos of the Greek Basket League. [9] On August 7, 2019, Agbelese agreed to stay in Greece with Kolossos Rodou, joining his Holargos coach, Aris Lykogiannis, there.

On August 11, 2019, he signed with Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. [10] On July 22, 2020, Agbelese officially moved to his fourth Greek club, Promitheas Patras, which also competes in the EuroCup. [11]

On August 16, 2021, Agbelese signed with Real Betis of the Spanish Liga ACB. [12] In 16 games, he averaged 2.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest.

On March 6, 2022, Agbelese moved to Peristeri of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the season. [13] In a total of 11 games, he averaged 4.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.8 blocks, playing around 15 minutes per contest.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Danny Agbelese.
  2. ↑ nombre completo: Danny Akintunde Agbelese nacionalidad NGA Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ Danny Agbelese Nat. Sporty: NIG (in Italian).
  4. ↑ AGO Rethymno landing Danny Agbelese.
  5. ↑ Gipuzkoa announces Danny Agbelese.
  6. ↑ Enel Brindisi lands Danny Agbelese.
  7. ↑ Pau-Lacq-Orthez adds Agbelese to their roster.
  8. ↑ Danny Agbelese a new player of Gipuzkoa.
  9. ↑ Holargos signed Danny Agbelese.
  10. ↑ Skerletic, Dario (August 11, 2019). "Kolossos Rhodes sign Danny Agbelese". Sportando. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Ο DANNY AGBELESE ΣΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΑ" (in Greek). PromitheasPatrasB.C. August 22, 2020. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Acuerdo para la incorporación del pívot Danny Agbelese". Sportando. August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  13. ↑ Mammides, Chris (March 6, 2022). "Danny Agbelese (ex Real Betis) agreed terms with Peristeri". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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