Aaron Cel

{{short description|French-Polish basketball player (born 1987)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Aaron Cel

| image = 20140817 Basketball Österreich Polen 0401.jpg

| caption = Cel with the Polish national team in 2014

| position =

| height_m = 2.03

| weight_kg = 97

| league =

| team =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|4}}

| birth_place = Orléans, France

| nationality = French / Polish

| draft_year = 2009

| career_start = 2005

| career_end = 2024

| career_position= Power forward

| career_number = 5

| years1 = 2005–2007

| team1 = Le Mans

| years2 = 2007–2009

| team2 = Étendard de Brest

| years3 = 2009–2010

| team3 = Boulazac Dordogne

| years4 = 2010–2011

| team4 = Hermine Nantes

| years5 = 2011–2013

| team5 = Turów Zgorzelec

| years6 = 2013–2015

| team6 = Stelmet Zielona Góra

| years7 = 2015–2016

| team7 = Monaco

| years8 = 2016–2017

| team8 = BCM Gravelines

| years9 = 2017–2024

| team9 = Polski Cukier Toruń

| highlights =

French League champion (2006)
Polish League champion (2015)
2× Polish Cup winner (2015, 2018)
3× All-Polish League Team (2015, 2018, 2019)
VTB United League Top Polish Player (2013)

}}

Aaron Cel (born March 4, 1987) is a French-Polish former professional basketball player. After ending his playing career he became the sports director and board member of Legia Warsaw.

Professional career

Cel made his professional debut with Le Mans in the French Pro A League. He later played with Brest, Boulazac and Nantes in the French Pro B League.{{cite news|title=French League Profile|url=http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-B/300006/Joueurs/A29212/Cel-Aaron|accessdate=6 December 2013|newspaper=Lnb.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703144839/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-B/300006/Joueurs/A29212/Cel-Aaron|archive-date=2011-07-03|url-status=dead}} In the summer of 2011, he signed with Polish team Turów Zgorzelec.{{cite news|title=Aaron Cel heading to Turow|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/poland/29399/aaron-cel-heading-to-turow.html|accessdate=6 December 2013|newspaper=Sportando.net|date=11 July 2011}} After he spent two seasons with them in June 2013, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra.{{cite news|title=STELMET ZIELONA GORA adds power forward Cel |url=http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/114427/8177/stelmet-zielona-gora-adds-power-forward-cel |accessdate=6 December 2013 |newspaper=Euroleague.net |date=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211054036/http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/114427/8177/stelmet-zielona-gora-adds-power-forward-cel |archivedate=December 11, 2013 }} In July 2015, he returned to France and signed with AS Monaco Basket.{{cite news|title=AS Monaco lands Aaron Cel, Cyril Akpomedah and Junior Mbida|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/167113/as-monaco-lands-aaron-cel-cyril-akpomedah-and-junior-mbida.html|accessdate=4 July 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=4 July 2015}} For the 2016–17 season he moved to French club BCM Gravelines. On August 6, 2017, he signed with Polish club Polski Cukier Toruń.{{cite news|title=Aaron Cel inks with Polski Cukier Torun|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/poland/243571/aaron-cel-inks-with-polski-cukier-torun.html|accessdate=6 August 2017|work=Sportando.com|date=6 August 2017}}

After the end of 2023–24 season, he announced his retirement from professional basketball.{{Cite web|url=https://plk.pl/aktualnosci/n/24530/aaron-cel-zakonczyl-kariere.html|title=Aaron Cel zakończył karierę|last=|first=|date=April 28, 2024|website=plk.pl|publisher=|language=pl|access-date=April 28, 2024}} On May 17, 2024, he became the sports director and a board member of Legia Warsaw.[https://legiakosz.com/aktualnosci/aaron-cel-w-zarzadzie-koszykarskiej-legii-6156 Aaron Cel w Zarządzie koszykarskiej Legii]

National team career

Cel represented the French national basketball team at junior level. He later acquired Polish citizenship and started to play for the Polish national basketball team. With Poland he played at the EuroBasket 2015.

References

External links

[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Aaron_Cel/57026 Aaron Cel] at eurobasket.com
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=KBV Aaron Cel] at euroleague.net
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170806220716/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Aaron%20Azia%20Aleksander%20CEL/pid/43585/_//players.html Aaron Cel] at fiba.com
[https://www.lnb.fr/elite/joueur/?id=1367 Aaron Cel] at LNB Élite {{in lang|fr}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110703144839/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-B/300006/Joueurs/A29212/Cel-Aaron Aaron Cel] at LNB Pro B (archived) {{in lang|fr}}
[http://www.plk.pl/zawodnicy/p/27231/ Aaron Cel] at plk.pl {{in lang|pl}}

Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players

Category:AS Monaco Basket players

Category:BCM Gravelines players

Category:Boulazac Basket Dordogne players

Category:Étendard de Brest players

Category:French expatriate basketball people in Monaco

Category:French men's basketball players

Category:Hermine Nantes Basket players

Category:Le Mans Sarthe Basket players

Category:Naturalised basketball players