Pape Mbaye
{{short description|Senegalese basketball player (born 1994)}}
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| position = Power forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
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| league = Basketball Africa League
| team = AS Douanes
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|23}}
| birth_place = Guédiawaye, Senegal
| nationality = Senegalese
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| career_start = 2012
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| years1 = 2012–2013
| team1 = Real Madrid B
| years2 = 2013–2014
| team2 = Alcázar
| years3 = 2015
| team3 = Palencia
| years4 = 2015–2016
| team4 = Peixefresco
| years5 = 2016–2017
| team5 = CEP Fleurus
| years6 = 2017–2019
| team6 = CB Tarragona
| years7 = 2019-2021
| team7 = SKT Ieper
| years8 = 2021
| team8 = AS Douanes
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Pape Modou Mbaye (born January 23, 1994) is an international Senegalese basketball player. He spent a few seasons at Real Madrid.
Profile
Mbaye is a player with a great wingspan, great talent and athletic skills. He also has the good qualities for penetrating inside and shooting, especially from wide range. His greatest virtue is trying to improve himself as a player and a better person every day, through hard work and effort. The forward Paul Pierce is the reference player for the Senegalese.
Professional career
Pape Mbaye arrived in Spain in 2008 to play for Tenerife CB. In April 2009, being only 15 years old, he was named best young player at the prestigious Under-19 Tournament of Lissone (Italy).jitlissone.it [http://www.jitlissone.it/index.php/it/2009-memorial-bellosi/il-torneo.html Tournament Lissone 2009] That same year he stands with great performances at the Under-16 tournament in La Orotava (Tenerife), scoring 35 points against Real Madrid or 31 against Zalgiris Kaunas.piratasdelbasket.es [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927165722/http://www.piratasdelbasket.es/html/ACB/el-real-madrid-se-interesa-por-la-joven-promesa-modou-mbaye-del-unelco-tenerife.html El Real Madrid se interesa por Pape Modou Mbaye] (spanish)
In the summer of 2010, Mbaye signed a contract with Real Madrid.realmadrid.com [http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040995888/1330019813405/jugador/Jugador/Mbaye.htm Profile at Real Madrid website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928010629/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040995888/1330019813405/jugador/Jugador/Mbaye.htm |date=2013-09-28 }} During the 2012/13 season, at the age of 18, he was a key player for Real Madrid Baloncesto B, coached by Alberto Angulo.
During the 2013/14 he played for Alcázar Basket, averaging 11 points and 8 rebounds per game.
In February 2015 he continued his progression and signed for Palencia Baloncesto of LEB Oro, the second league in importance in Spain.feb.es [http://www.feb.es/2015/2/27/baloncesto/modou-mbaye-nuevo-jugador-del-quesos-cerrato-palencia/58411.aspx Mbaye, new player of Quesos Cerrato Palencia] (spanish)
In 2017, he played in Belgium for CEP Fleurus, where he averaged 14.3 and 6.8 rebounds per game.
In 2020, he signed a one-year deal with Basket SKT Ieper, in the Second Division in Belgium (TDM1).{{cite web |title=LIONS HSE A » Basket SKT Ieper |url=https://www.basketieper.be/lions-hse-a/ |website=Basket SKT Ieper |access-date=8 September 2021 |language=nl}} Due the COVID-crisis, the season was canceled after 2 games. In January 2021, he extended his contract for the next three seasons.
In 2021, he signed for AS Douanes to play in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League.
=Teams=
- 2008–10 {{flagicon|ESP}} Tenerife CB
- 2010–12 {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid U-18
- 2012–13 {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid Baloncesto B
- 2013–14 {{flagicon|ESP}} LEB. Alcázar
- 2015 {{flagicon|ESP}} LEB. Palencia Baloncesto
- 2015-16 {{flagicon|ESP}} LEB. CB Peixefresco
- 2016-17 {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium League. CEP Fleurus
- 2017-19 {{flagicon|ESP}} LEB CB Tarragona
- 2019-21 {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium League. SKT Ieper
- 2021- {{flagicon|SEN}} BAL. AS Douanes
International career
Pape Mbaye has competed for Senegal through multiple youth national teams.
He also participated at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, averaging 6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.fiba.com [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/13/fu19m/player/p/eid/9616/pid/106843/rid//sid/9616/tid/358/profile.html Profile at FIBA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929035346/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/13/fu19m/player/p/eid/9616/pid/106843/rid//sid/9616/tid/358/profile.html |date=2015-09-29 }}
In March, 2017, he was selected to participate with the Senegal National team in the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifiers. Mbaye played 3 games, and Senegal qualified for the Tournament.{{cite web|url=http://fiba.com/afrobasketqualifiers/2017/Modou-Mbaye|title=Modou Mbaye qualifiers Afrobasket2017|publisher=FIBA}}
BAL career statistics
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{{BAL player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2021
| style="text-align:left;"|AS Douanes
| 2 || 0 || 20.0 || .571 || .667 || – || 2.5 || .0 ||1.0 || .5 || 6.0
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 2 || 0 || 20.0 || .571 || .667 || – || 2.5 || .0 ||1.0 || .5 || 6.0
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DSc83WztAM Video highlights - 2016/17]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXBgolZ7EuM Video highlights - 2015]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94fVXOiwcIY Video highlights - 2013/14]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmgfPsr0TU Video highlights - 2012/13]
- [http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=670921&c=1697934&med=0 Profile at FEB]
- [http://www.shrecord.com/sh/basketball/PapeMbayeEN.html Profile at SH Basketball]
{{AS Douanes current roster}}
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Category:AS Douanes basketball players
Category:Senegalese men's basketball players
Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
Category:Real Madrid Baloncesto players