Guy Edi

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Guy Edi
No. 8–Calgary Surge
Position Small forward
League CEBL
Personal information
Born (1988-12-26) December 26, 1988 (age 35)
Agboville, Ivory Coast
NationalityIvorian / French
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2008 Paris-Levallois
2013–2015 Champagne Châlons-Reims
2015–2016 STB Le Havre
2016–2017 Saint-Chamond
2017–2018 Nantes
2018 Kataja BC
2018–2019Champagne Châlons-Reims
2019–2020 UTBM Tours
2021 Þór Akureyri
2021–2023Basketball Löwen Erfurt
2023–present Calgary Surge
Medals
AfroBasket
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Rwanda

Ohouo Guy Landry Edi (born December 26, 1988) is an Ivorian-French basketball player for the Calgary Surge of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) and a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team. [1]

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Early life

Born in Agboville, Ivory Coast and raised in Paris, France, Edi later moved to the United States and joined the basketball team of Sylmar High School in Sylmar, California as a sophomore in February 2007. Edi transferred to Van Nuys High School the following fall but was not granted eligibility by his school district. Edi attended Stoneridge Preparatory School as a senior. [2]

College career

While originally looking at the University of Miami at Florida, he instead went to Midland College of the NJCAA and then transferred to Gonzaga University and played for the Bulldogs.

From 2006 to 2008, Edi played some games for Paris-Levallois Basket of LNB Pro A. [3] Because of his playing time there, Edi served an eight-game suspension for an exhibition game and first eight regular season games of the 2011–12 season with Gonzaga for violating NCAA rules on amateurism. [2] Edi made his first career start on January 21, 2012 against San Diego, with eight points and four rebounds in 26 minutes. As a junior, Edi averaged 5.5 points and 2.4 rebounds. [4]

As a senior in 2012–13, Edi started the first 11 games but played fewer minutes in the second half of the season. He ended the season averaging only 3.0 points and 2.1 rebounds. [5]

Professional career

From 2013 to 2015, Edi played for Champagne Châlons-Reims, then with STB Le Havre from 2015 to 2016. In January 2017 he signed with Saint-Chamond. [6]

In January 2021, Edi signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Þór Akureyri. [7] In 19 games, he averaged 11.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Edi agreed to terms with German third-division side Basketball Löwen Erfurt in July 2021. [8]

International competition

Edi is also a member of the Ivory Coast national basketball team and played for the team for the first time at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. In 2021, he won a silver medal at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021. Edi averaged 8.2 points and 6.7 rebounds a contest during the tournament. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ FIBA Profile Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  2. 1 2 "Guy Landry Edi". Gonzaga Bulldogs. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Landry Edi Player Profile - Basketball Doudiz.com". en.basketball.doudiz.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ 2011-2012 player data Gonzaga University Athletics [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ 2012-2013 player data Gonzaga University Athletics [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Guy Edi".
  7. ↑ Davíð Eldur (January 26, 2021). "Guy Landry Edi til Þórs Akureyri". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Basketball Löwen verpflichten ivorischen Nationalmannschaftskapitän Guy Landry Edi". Basketball Löwen Erfurt (in German). July 12, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball (in French). Retrieved April 29, 2023.


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