Dee Ayuba
Personal information | |
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Born | London, England | 22 March 1986
Died | 2 January 2018 Luxembourg | (aged 31)
Nationality | British / Nigerian |
Career information | |
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NBA draft | 2007: undrafted |
Career history | |
?–? | Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. |
?–? | Norrköping Dolphins |
?–? | Uppsala Basket |
?–? | Jämtland Basket |
?–? | Djurgårdens IF |
Oladapo Kanyinsola "Dee" Ayuba (22 March 1986 – 2 January 2018[1][2][3]) was a British Nigerian basketball player (forward).
Born in London, Ayuba spent four years of playing basketball for the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the NCAA. He began his professional European career for Plannja Basket from 2007-08. He returned to play for Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. in the Greek A2 Basket League.
After that, he played five seasons for the Norrköping Dolphins, a season with Uppsala Basket, and one season with Jämtland Basket. He played several seasons in the Basketligan and won the Swedish Champion in Basketball award two times and participated in the European Cup Games with Norrköping Dolphins in 2012. By the time New Year 2018 had come and gone,[4] Ayuba was playing for the basketball department of Djurgårdens IF from their 2016–17 season onward. He played for a season with Residence Walferdange (Luxembourg).
Death
[edit]Ayuba died in Luxembourg on 2 January 2018 from a heart attack, age 31.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tragischer Tod von Ayuba". Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Basketspelare avled efter akut hjärtstopp". Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Oladapo Ayuba am Alter vun 31 Joer gestuerwen". Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Tidigare SM-guldvinnaren död efter akut hjärtstopp Archived 6 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, svt.se; accessed 6 January 2017. (in Swedish)
External links
[edit]- 1986 births
- 2018 deaths
- Basketball players from London
- English men's basketball players
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- Forwards (basketball)
- Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
- Jämtland Basket players
- Kansas City Roos men's basketball players
- Nigerian men's basketball players
- Norrköping Dolphins players
- Seminole State Trojans men's basketball players
- Uppsala Basket players
- Djurgårdens IF Basket players
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen