Yunss Akinocho

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Yunss Akinocho
Personal information
Born (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37)
Reims, France
NationalityMoroccan / French
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
College College of the Sequoias (2006–2008)
Playing career2002–present
Position Forward
Career history
2002–2004 CFBB
2004–2005 Cholet
2005–2006 Étendard de Brest
2005–2006 Oostende
2008–2009 SISU Copenhagen
2009–2010 UBC Hannover
2009–2010 Crailsheim Merlins
2010–2011 Étoile de Charleville-Mézières
2011–2012 GET Vosges
2012–2013 CEP Lorient

Yunss Prince Michel Akinocho (born 11 March 1987) is a Moroccan-French basketball player. [1] He is also member of the Moroccan national basketball team.

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Career

Born in Reims, France, Akinocho first played professional basketball as an 18-year-old in the French League. [2] In his most recent season, Akinocho averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over eleven games of action for Proveo Merlins Crailsheim in Germany. [3] For the upcoming season, he has signed with Copenhagen sisu of the Danish League.

Akinocho played with the Morocco national basketball team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. He played in all eight of Morocco's games, averaging 9.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. [4] Prior to this, Akinocho played for the France national basketball team in the 2003 European Championship for Cadets, helping the team to a fifth-place finish. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Moroccan team page Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  2. ↑ Player Page [ permanent dead link ] at basketpedya.com
  3. ↑ Player Page at eurobasket.com
  4. ↑ Player Profile Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  5. ↑ "FIBA.com: 2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Men Player profile". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2009-09-01.


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