Abdoulaye Harouna

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| name = Abdoulaye Harouna

| image = Abdoulaye Harouna.jpg

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| position = Shooting guard

| height_m = 1.96

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| weight_kg = 81

| league = BAL

| team = ASC Ville de Dakar

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1992|2|12}}

| birth_place = Niamey, Niger

| nationality = Nigerien

| high_school = South Kent School
(South Kent, Connecticut)

| college = Miami (2015–2019)

| draft_year = 2019

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| career_start = 2019

| years1 = 2019–2020

| team1 = AS Nigelec

| years2 = 2021

| team2 = FAP

| years3 = 2021–2023

| team3 = AS Salé

| highlights = * All-BAL Second Team (2024)

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| years4 = 2023

| team4 = ABC Fighters

| caption = Harouna in 2022

| years5 = 2024

| team5 = AS Douanes

| years6 = 2024

| team6 = Nairobi City Thunder

| years7 = 2025–present

| team7 = ASC Ville de Dakar

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Abdoulaye Harouna Amadou (born 12 December 1992) is a Nigerien basketball player who plays for ASC Ville de Dakar of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He has also played for the Niger national team. Harouna played college basketball for Miami RedHawks between 2015 and 2019.{{cite web |title=Abdoulaye Harouna - Men's Basketball |url=https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/abdoulaye-harouna/4569 |website=Miami University RedHawks |access-date=12 May 2021 |language=en}}

Early life

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.{{cite web |title=Abdoulaye Harouna - Men's Basketball |url=https://athletics.csi.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster/abdoulaye-harouna/857 |website=College of Southern Idaho Athletics |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=en}}

College career

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.

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

Professional career

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.{{cite news |title=Cameroon's FAP out to conquer the continent at newly-launched Basketball Africa League |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/cameroons-fap-out-to-conquer-the-continent-at-newlylaunched-basketball-africa-league |access-date=12 May 2021 |work=FIBA.basketball |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Zahe |first=Charles |date=2023-02-23 |title=BAL 2023 : L' ABC se renforce |url=https://afriksportsmagazine.com/bal-2023-l-abc-se-renforce/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=AFRIKSPORTSMAGAZINE |language=fr-FR}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-28 |title=Basketball : L'AS Douanes s'offre l'arrière nigérien Abdoulaye Harouna |url=https://wiwsport.com/2023/12/28/basketball-las-douanes-soffre-larriere-nigerien-abdoulaye-harouna/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |language=fr-FR}} On 5 May 2024, Harouna scored a BAL career-high 35 points in a 76–59 win over Monastir.{{Cite web |title=LiveStats: AS Douanes v US Monastir |url=https://geniussports.com/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=geniussports.com}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Diarra, Cele named to the All-BAL Defensive Team for the second season in a row |url=https://bal.nba.com/news/diarra-cele-named-to-the-all-bal-defensive-for-season-in-a-row |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=The BAL |language=en}} Harouna was also named to the All-BAL Second Team.{{Cite Instagram |postid=C71DfsFNgWF |user=thebal |title=The 2024 All-BAL Second Team! |date=2024-06-05}}

On 24 September 2024, Harouna signed with Cameroonian team KSA for the upcoming Road to BAL games.{{Cite instagram |postid=DAQYADzRUuN/ |user=ksabsaketball |title=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. |date=2024-09-24}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Olobulu |first=Timothy |date=2024-10-29 |title=Thunder bulk up with more international signings ahead of BAL Elite 16 |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2024/10/29/thunder-bulk-up-with-more-international-signings-ahead-of-bal-elite-16/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Capital Sports |language=en-US}} Harouna helpe the Thunder qualify for their first-ever BAL season.

In March 2025, he was announced by Senegalese champions ASC Ville de Dakar for the 2025 BAL season.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-03 |title=BAL 2025 : Abdoulaye Harouna débarque à Dakar - Jolof Sport |url=https://jolofsport.com/bal-2025-abdoulaye-harouna-debarque-a-dakar-ce-lundi/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |language=fr-FR}}