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| Born | April 18, 1981 Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian / American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Texas-Arlington (2000–2004) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2004: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Etzella Ettelbruck | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Verviers-Pepinster | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Belenenses Montepio | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Hyères-Toulon Var Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Strasbourg IG | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Hyères-Toulon Var Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Trabzonspor | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Joventut | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Cocodrilos de Caracas | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Cholet Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | AS Monaco Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Provence Basket | ||||||||||||||
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Derrick Osamuyi Obasohan (born April 18, 1981) is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Texas at Arlington.
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College career
Obasohan played high school basketball at Alief Elsik in Houston, Texas. Obasohan then played college basketball, where he was a former First Team All-Southland Conference performer at the University of Texas at Arlington, with the Texas–Arlington Mavericks, in the United States.
Professional career
On May 21, 2010, Obasohan signed with Trabzonspor of Turkey for the 2010–11 season.[1] In 26 games, he averaged 11.7 points and 3.85 rebounds per game.[2]
On September 2, 2011, he signed with Joventut of Spain for the 2011–12 ACB season.[3] In 34 games, he averaged 9.2 points per game.
On May 15, 2012, he signed with the Cocodrilos de Caracas of the Venezuelan LPB.[4] He left Caracas after appearing in only three games.
In the 2012–13 season, he started in Argentina with Boca Juniors, but left after only four games and on November 11, 2012, he signed with Cholet Basket of France for the rest of the season.[5]
In August 2013, he signed with AS Monaco Basket of the French NM1 (third division).[6] In two seasons with Monaco, he helped them to come first to LNB Pro B and then to LNB Pro A league.
In October 2015, he signed with Provence Basket of the LNB Pro B.[7]
National team career
Obasohan represented Nigeria at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship. He also represented Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ Obasohan-Trabzonspor, the deal is done
- ^ TBLStat.net profile
- ^ FIATC Joventut Badalona lands Derrick Obasohan and Van Lacke
- ^ Cocodrilos de Caracas tab Derrick Obasohan
- ^ Cholet signs Derrick Obasohan
- ^ Derrick Obasohan signs with Monaco of French NM1
- ^ "DERRICK OBASOHAN AU SECOURS DE FOS PROVENCE BASKET". Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
External links
- ACB.com profile Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- EuroCup profile
- Eurobasket.com profile
- FIBA archive profile
- FIBA game-center profile
- College stats
- Texas-Arlington bio Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
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