Mohamed Koné (basketball)
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | LNB Pro B | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | March 24, 1981||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ivorian / French | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||
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2006–2007 | Élan Chalon | ||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Chorale Roanne | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Erdemirspor | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | San Sebastián Gipuzkoa | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Lucentum Alicante | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Foolad Mahan Isfahan | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Sanaye Petrochimi Mahshah | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | AMSB | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Al Sadd | ||||||||||||||
2016 | ESSM Le Portel | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Étoile Charleville-Mézières | ||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | JA Vichy-Clermont | ||||||||||||||
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Mohamed Koné (born March 24, 1981) is an Ivorian professional basketball player currently playing for JA Vichy-Clermont of the LNB Pro B. He is also a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team.
Kone spent one year playing NCAA Division I basketball at Valparaiso University after transferring from the College of Southern Idaho, whom he led to a third-place finish in the nation at the junior college level in 2004–05.[citation needed] He averaged 10.9 PPG and 8 RPG in 27 games for the Crusaders.[1] At Valparaiso, Kone came under some scrutiny during an NCAA investigation regarding his travel to Valparaiso's campus before enrolling as a student, resulting in him missing a handful of midseason games.[citation needed]
After his college career, Kone moved to play professional basketball in France, spending one year playing for ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône and another playing for Chorale Roanne Basket. At Roanne, Kone helped lead the team to the semifinals of the 2008 French La Semaine des As Cup by averaging 4.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game during the season.[2][3] Kone announced he would play the 2009 season in Turkey on July 20, 2009.[4]
In July 2010 he signed a one-year contract with Lagun Aro GBC in Spain.[5]
On November 2, 2014, he signed with Lebanese club Champville.[6]
Kone helped lead his native Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team to a silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, its first podium finish since 1985. Kone averaged 10.2 PPG and 8.3 RPG in nine games of action throughout the tournament.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Player Card at espn.com
- ^ Africabasket
- ^ Mohamed Kone stats at Eurobasket.com
- ^ Mohamed Kone moves from France to Turkey at africabasket.com
- ^ Lagun Aro GBC adds Mohamed Koné
- ^ Mohamed Kone signs in Lebanon with Champville
- ^ Mohamed Kone at FIBA.com
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket players
- CB Lucentum Alicante players
- Chorale Roanne Basket players
- Élan Chalon players
- Erdemirspor players
- ESSM Le Portel players
- Étoile Charleville-Mézières players
- Foolad Mahan Isfahan BC players
- French expatriate basketball people in Spain
- French expatriate basketball people in the United States
- French men's basketball players
- Gipuzkoa Basket players
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Ivorian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Ivorian men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Power forwards
- Southern Idaho Golden Eagles men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Abidjan
- Valparaiso Beacons men's basketball players
- 2010 FIBA World Championship players
- 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- French expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- French expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon
- Expatriate basketball people in Lebanon
- Ivorian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- French expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Expatriate basketball people in Iran
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Expatriate basketball people in Qatar
- JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole players
- Ivorian emigrants to France
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Sanaye Petrochimi Mahshahr BC players