Moussa Diagne

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Moussa Diagne
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No. 21–UCAM Murcia
Position Center
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born (1994-03-06) March 6, 1994 (age 30)
Guédiawaye, Senegal
NationalitySenegalese / Spanish
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2015 Fuenlabrada
2012→Óbila
2015–2018 FC Barcelona
2016–2017→Fuenlabrada
2017–2018→Andorra
2018–2022Andorra
2022–2023 Canarias
2023–present UCAM Murcia

Cheikh Moussa Diagne (born March 6, 1994) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Liga ACB. He is a center, but he can also play as a power forward. He was listed as one of the top international prospects for the 2015 NBA draft, [1] [2] but went undrafted.

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Early life

Diagne was born on March 6, 1994, and was brought up in Guédiawaye, Senegal. He was discovered at a basketball camp in Rufisque by head coach David Sanz of the Spanish amateur basketball powerhouse, Baloncesto Torrejón. In the spring of 2011, at age 17, Diagne moved to Madrid, Spain in an attempt to compete with Torrejón. He only had little experience playing the game prior to arriving in Europe, however. Diagne played in local tournaments and the Spanish fourth division. [2] [3]

Professional career

After Diagne finished developing his talents with Torrejón, in 2013, he was signed by the Liga ACB's Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. [2] Despite joining Fuenlabrada, Diagne played with the Ávila-based professional club, Óbila CB, of the LEB Plata, for the majority of his first year. He also competed in Eurobasket Summer League for La Serna. [4] Despite being a slight prospect for the event, he withdrew from the 2014 NBA draft. [5]

On July 21, 2015, Diagne signed a three-year deal with the Spanish club FC Barcelona Lassa. [6]

On August 8, 2017, FC Barcelona loaned him to MoraBanc Andorra for the 2017–18 season. [7] On June 29, 2018, Barcelona parted ways with him. [8]

On July 20, 2018, Diagne signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club MoraBanc Andorra. [9]

On August 2, 2022, he signed with Iberostar Tenerife of the Liga ACB. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 NBA Mock Draft". DraftExpress.com. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Moussa Diagne". NBADraft.net. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Moussa Diagne". DraftExpress.com. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Moussa Diagne basketball profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Moussa Diagne Player Profile". RealGM.com . Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Moussa Diagne, fuerza interior para el FC Barcelona Lassa". ACB.com (in Spanish). July 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Moussa Diagne, cedit al MoraBanc Andorra | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Agreement for the release of Vezenkov, Diagné and Koponen | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "ACB.COM - Moussa Diagne, jugador del MoraBanc Andorra hasta el 2020". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "El Lenovo Tenerife ficha a Moussa Diagne". cbcanarias.net (in Spanish). August 2, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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