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Youssou Ndoye

ユッスー・ンドゥイ　/　ゆっすー・んどぅい

Basketball player from Senegal

July 15, 1991 (age 34)　・　Dakar, Dakar Department, Senegal

Dakar Department
basketball player

My Take

At 213 cm, Youssou Ndoye commands attention before he even moves, but the part I admire is the journey. From Dakar to St. Bonaventure in upstate New York and now to the Taiwanese league, he has built a whole life carrying a basketball across three continents. Being co-captain of the Senegalese national team tells me he leads with character, not just height. I love a big man who fights for dirty rebounds and adapts to wildly different cultures and styles. That kind of resilience, thriving far from home again and again, is genuinely something to respect.

Overview

Youssou Ndoye (born 15 July 1991) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for the Taipei Taishin Mars of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. He also plays for the Senegal national team and has been the co-captain of the team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Youssou Ndoye
Name (Japanese): ユッスー・ンドゥイ
Reading: ゆっすー・んどぅい
Born: July 15, 1991 (age 34)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Goat
Origin: Dakar, Dakar Department, Senegal
Blood type: Private
Height: 213 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: St. Bonaventure University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yndoye35/
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Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%83%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%A4

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