Fiifi Aidoo

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Fiifi Aidoo
No. 55BC Nokia
Position Point guard
League Korisliiga
Personal information
Born (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhana - Finland
Listed height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
College Grand Canyon State (2016-18)
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012-2016 HBA-Märsky
2018-2019 Ura Basket
2019-2020 Kataja BC
2020 Kobrat
2020–2021 CB Benicarló
2022–2023 Fyllingen
2023Grengewald Hostert
2023–present BC Nokia
Career highlights and awards

Harold Aidoo Fiifi (born 5 April 1996) is a Ghanaian-Finnish professional basketball player for BC Nokia of the Korisliiga.

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Personal

Aidoo was born in Accra, Ghana but moved to Helsinki, Finland at age 5. [1]

College career

As a member of Grand Canyon State University's basketball team Aidoo played under former NBA All-Star Dan Majerle. On 7 December 2016 he scored his then-college career high 15 points when he shot 3 of 5 three pointers, 2 of them late in the game at a 76–72 victory against San Diego State. [1]

Professional career

Aidoo started out his career at HBA-Märsky where he played from 2012 to 2016. During the 2018–19 Korisliiga season, he played for Ura Basket. In 2019, Aidoo represented Joensuu's Kataja Basket and later joined the team's competitor Kobrat of the Korisliiga. With Kobrat, he averaged 9.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists. [2]

In 2020, he moved to CB Benicarlo in Spain on a one-year contract. [2]

For the 2023–24 season, he returned to Finland and signed with BC Nokia. [3] In 2024, he was crowned the Korisliiga champion with Nokia.

National team career

Aidoo has been a member of Finland's national basketball team. [2]

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