Tariq Kirksay
Personal information | |
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Born | Bronx, New York | September 7, 1979
Nationality | French / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6+1⁄4 in (1.99 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Rice (New York City, New York) |
College | Iona (1996–2000) |
NBA draft | 2000: undrafted |
Playing career | 2000–2019 |
Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
Career history | |
2000–2001 | Andino La Rioja |
2001 | Long Island Surf |
2001 | Bravos de Portuguesa |
2001 | Bucaneros de Campeche |
2001–2002 | BC Besançon |
2002–2003 | Rueil |
2003–2004 | JL Bourg-en-Bresse |
2004–2007 | SLUC Nancy |
2007–2009 | UNICS Kazan |
2009–2011 | Cajasol |
2011–2012 | Fabi Shoes Montegranaro |
2012–2013 | Estudiantes |
2013 | Bucaneros de La Guaira |
2013–2015 | FIATC Joventut |
2016 | Primeiro de Agosto |
2017 | Canarias |
2018–2019 | Fos Provence Basket |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Tariq Kinte Kirksay (born September 7, 1979) is a French American former professional basketball player. He was born in the Bronx, New York, where he grew up.
High school
[edit]Kirksay played basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York.
College
[edit]Kirksay played college basketball at Iona College, with the Iona Gaels, from 1996 to 2000. He was a two-time All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) First Team selection, in the years 1999 and 2000.
Professional career
[edit]Kirksay won the Russian Cup with UNICS Kazan in 2009. He was named to the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup's All-EuroCup First Team of the 2010–11 season. In 2017 he signs for the Spanish team Iberostar Tenerife, winning the Basketball Champions League Final Four.
French national team
[edit]Kirksay was a member of the senior men's French national basketball team. With France's senior team, he played at the EuroBasket 2007.
External links
[edit]- Profile at eurocupbasketball.com
- Profile at fiba.com (archive)
- Profile at Eurobasket.com
- Profile at ACB.com (in Spanish)
- Profile at Legabasket.it (in Italian)
- 1979 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Portugal
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- American men's basketball players
- BC UNICS players
- Besançon BCD players
- Bucaneros de La Guaira players
- C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players
- CB Canarias players
- CB Estudiantes players
- Fos Provence Basket players
- French men's basketball players
- French people of American descent
- Iona Gaels men's basketball players
- JL Bourg Basket players
- Joventut Badalona players
- Liga ACB players
- Real Betis Baloncesto players
- Shooting guards
- SLUC Nancy Basket players
- Small forwards
- Basketball players from the Bronx
- Sutor Basket Montegranaro players
- French basketball biography stubs