Pape Mbaye

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Pape Mbaye
AS Douanes
Position Power forward
League Basketball Africa League
Personal information
Born (1994-01-23) January 23, 1994 (age 30)
Guédiawaye, Senegal
NationalitySenegalese
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Real Madrid B
2013–2014 Alcázar
2015 Palencia
2015–2016 Peixefresco
2016–2017 CEP Fleurus
2017–2019 CB Tarragona
2019-2021 SKT Ieper
2021 AS Douanes

Pape Modou Mbaye (born January 23, 1994) is an international Senegalese basketball player. He spent a few seasons at Real Madrid.

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Profile

Mbaye is a player with a great wingspan, great talent and athletic skills. He also has the good qualities for penetrating inside and shooting, especially from wide range. His greatest virtue is trying to improve himself as a player and a better person every day, through hard work and effort. The forward Paul Pierce is the reference player for the Senegalese.

Professional career

Pape Mbaye arrived in Spain in 2008 to play for Tenerife CB. In April 2009, being only 15 years old, he was named best young player at the prestigious Under-19 Tournament of Lissone (Italy). [1] That same year he stands with great performances at the Under-16 tournament in La Orotava (Tenerife), scoring 35 points against Real Madrid or 31 against Zalgiris Kaunas. [2]

In the summer of 2010, Mbaye signed a contract with Real Madrid. [3] During the 2012/13 season, at the age of 18, he was a key player for Real Madrid Baloncesto B, coached by Alberto Angulo.

During the 2013/14 he played for Alcázar Basket, averaging 11 points and 8 rebounds per game.

In February 2015 he continued his progression and signed for Palencia Baloncesto of LEB Oro, the second league in importance in Spain. [4]

In 2017, he played in Belgium for CEP Fleurus, where he averaged 14.3 and 6.8 rebounds per game.

In 2020, he signed a one-year deal with Basket SKT Ieper, in the Second Division in Belgium (TDM1). [5] Due the COVID-crisis, the season was canceled after 2 games. In January 2021, he extended his contract for the next three seasons.

In 2021, he signed for AS Douanes to play in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League.

Teams

International career

Pape Mbaye has competed for Senegal through multiple youth national teams.

He also participated at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, averaging 6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. [6]

In March, 2017, he was selected to participate with the Senegal National team in the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifiers. Mbaye played 3 games, and Senegal qualified for the Tournament. [7]

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2021 AS Douanes 2020.0.571.667–2.5.01.0.56.0
Career2020.0.571.667–2.5.01.0.56.0

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References

  1. ↑ jitlissone.it Tournament Lissone 2009
  2. ↑ piratasdelbasket.es El Real Madrid se interesa por Pape Modou Mbaye (spanish)
  3. ↑ realmadrid.com Profile at Real Madrid website Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ feb.es Mbaye, new player of Quesos Cerrato Palencia (spanish)
  5. ↑ "LIONS HSE A » Basket SKT Ieper". Basket SKT Ieper (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ↑ fiba.com Profile at FIBA Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Modou Mbaye qualifiers Afrobasket2017". FIBA.
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