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Abdoulaye Harouna
Harouna in 2022
Nairobi City Thunder
PositionShooting guard
LeagueKBF Premier League
Personal information
Born (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32)
Niamey, Niger
NationalityNigerien
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight81 kg (179 lb)
Career information
High schoolSouth Kent School
(South Kent, Connecticut)
CollegeMiami (2015–2019)
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020AS Nigelec
2021FAP
2021–2023AS Salé
2023ABC Fighters
2024AS Douanes
2024–presentNairobi City Thunder
Career highlights and awards

Abdoulaye Harouna Amadou (born 12 December 1992) is a Nigerien basketball player who plays for the Nairobi City Thunder of the KBF Premier League. He has also played for the Niger national team. Harouna played college basketball for Miami RedHawks between 2015 and 2019.[1]

Early life

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Born and raised in Niamey, Niger, Harouna was named MVP of the all-star game in Niger two times. He also participated at the Adidas Nations training camp in four years.

Harouna later moved to the United States to play high school basketball for the private boarding school South Kent School.[2]

College career

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Harouna played for the College of Southern Idaho and earned all-region honours; he was named MVP of the Region 18 tournament and helped the Golden Eagles to a 31–3 record and number 3 seed in the NCJAA tournament.[1]

Harouna joined the Miami Redhawks team in 2015, where he wore number 30.[1] He started in 18 games in his rookie season. Harouna redshirted the 2015–16 season.[1]

Professional career

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Harouna started his career with AS Nigelec in his home country Niger. In October 2019, Harouna played in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments with the team.

In May 2021, he joined Cameroonian club FAP Basketball to play in the inaugural BAL season.[3] Harouna led FAP in scoring with 19.3 points per game and guided his team to the quarterfinals.

Since November 2021, Harouna plays in Morocco with AS Salé of the Division Excellence. He helped them win the Division Excellence title in 2022.

After starting the season in Morocco with Salé, in February 2023, Harouna joined the ABC Fighters for Season 3 of the BAL.[4]

In December 2023, Harouna announced on Instagram that he had signed with Senegalese club AS Douanes, runners-up of the previous BAL season, for the 2024 season.[5] On 5 May 2024, Harouna scored a BAL career-high 35 points in a 76–59 win over Monastir.[6] Douanes was elimianted in the quarterfinals by Petro de Luanda, however, Harouna led the league in steals with 4 per game and was named to the All-BAL Defensive First Team for the first time.[7] Harouna was also named to the All-BAL Second Team.[8]

On 24 September 2024, Harouna signed with Cameroonian team KSA for the upcoming Road to BAL games.[9] However, eventually, he did not play for the team. In October 2024, he was announced to join the Nairobi City Thunder from Kenya for the 2024–25 season.[10]

BAL career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 FAP 4 4 28.8 .310 .353 .750 4.0 2.3 1.5 0.0 19.3
2022 Salé 6 6 37.4 .446 .418 .636 3.7 3.5 2.2 0.3 19.8
2023 ABC Fighters 6 6 33.8 .327 .254 .793 5.0 1.8 1.8 0.2 17.3
2024 AS Douanes 8 8 33.7 .289 .292 .767 2.8 3.4 4.0* 0.1 17.1

Personal

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Harouna speaks English, French, Hausa and Zarma.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Abdoulaye Harouna - Men's Basketball". Miami University RedHawks. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Abdoulaye Harouna - Men's Basketball". College of Southern Idaho Athletics. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Cameroon's FAP out to conquer the continent at newly-launched Basketball Africa League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. ^ Zahe, Charles (23 February 2023). "BAL 2023 : L' ABC se renforce". AFRIKSPORTSMAGAZINE (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Basketball : L'AS Douanes s'offre l'arrière nigérien Abdoulaye Harouna" (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ^ "LiveStats: AS Douanes v US Monastir". geniussports.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Diarra, Cele named to the All-BAL Defensive Team for the second season in a row". The BAL. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  8. ^ @thebal (5 June 2024). "The 2024 All-BAL Second Team!" – via Instagram.
  9. ^ @ksabsaketball (24 September 2024). "Heureux de vous annoncer la signature d'Abdoulaye Harouna pour la ROAD TO BAL, lui qui est passé par As Nigelec Niger, As Salé Maroc, Fap Yde, ABC Fighters Côte d'Ivoire et As Douanes Senegal" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ Olobulu, Timothy (29 October 2024). "Thunder bulk up with more international signings ahead of BAL Elite 16". Capital Sports. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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