 Foppossi in 2023 | ||||||||||||
| No. 2–Tarbes Gespe Bigorre | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward | |||||||||||
| League | LFB | |||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 1998 Strasbourg, France | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Cavigal Nice Basket | |||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Syracuse Orange | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Rhode Island Rams | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Tarbes | |||||||||||
| 2024–present | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |||||||||||
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Marie-Paule Foppossi (born 28 January 1998 in Strasbourg) is a French basketball player. [1]
She played for Syracuse University, [2] and University of Rhode Island. [3]
She competed at the 2015 U18 European Championship, 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship, and EuroBasket Women 2023, winning a bronze medal. [4] [5]
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