Awudu Abass

Awudu Abass
Abass with Olimpia Milano in 2017
No. 5 – Basket Brescia Leonessa
Position Small forward
League LBA
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1993-01-27) January 27, 1993
Como, Italy
Nationality Italian
Listed height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2016 Pallacanestro Cantù
2016–2018 Olimpia Milano
2018–present Basket Brescia Leonessa
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  Italy
European U-20 Championship
2013 Tallinn

Awudu Abass Abass (born January 27, 1993) is an Italian professional basketball player for Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) as a small forward.

Personal life

His father is originally from Ghana whilst his mother is from Nigeria (not Togo as erroneously reported by some sources), they met in Rome where they married before moving to Como where Awudu was born. He obtained Italian citizenship as soon as he could, at the age of 18, having to wait that long as he was born to foreign nationals.[1]

Abass still lives in Como, in 2012, at only 19, he was a candidate for the communal elections as second on the Amo la Mia Città list, however it obtained only one seat so he was not elected.[2]

Professional career

Abass joined local club Pallacanestro Cantù as a teenager, progressing quickly through the youth ranks to make his debut in 2011 aged only 18. He was too young to make an immediate impact, playing sparingly in his first three seasons, he did however grab minutes, and rebounds, in Europe's top-tier level EuroLeague, playing in two games, one against powerhouse Real Madrid.

The 2013–14 proved to be his breakthrough season, he earned regular minutes in the LBA and European second tier EuroCup, as a youth product he became a fan favourite and was awarded the captaincy the next season, becoming the youngest captain of Cantù's history.[3]

On July 19, 2018, Abass signed a two-year deal with Basket Brescia Leonessa.[4]

National team career

Abass was called up soon after officially becoming Italian, joining the Under-20 side of the Italian national basketball team that won gold at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he was part of the All Tournament Team.

Although he was called up to the senior team for the LBA All Star game, as one of the best Italians in the national domestic league, he hasn't yet played for the senior men's national team in a competitive game.

References

  1. ↑ Mocerino, Stefano. "Exclusive - Abass reveals all: Cantù, the national team, his origins."Basket Italy, 29 July 2013. Retrieved on 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "The candidates."Amo la Mia Città. Retrieved on 16 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Comerio, Fabrizio. "Abass, the youngest captain in the history of the club". La Gazzetta dello Sport, 10 October 2014. Retrieved on 16 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Leonessa Brescia signs Awudu Abass to a two-year deal". Sportando.basketball. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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