Samba Faye
{{short description|Senegalese-born Japanese basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image = Sambasr.jpg
| caption =
| position = Center
| name = Samba Faye
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 231
| team = Tryhoop Okayama
| league = B.League
| number = 1
| nationality = Japanese
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Thiès, Senegal
| high_school = Meitoku Gijuku (Susaki, Kōchi)
| college =
- Tenri University (2007-2011)
| draft_year =
| draft_team =
| career_start = 2011
| career_end =
| years1 = 2011–2013
| team1 = Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa
| years2 = 2013–2014
| team2 = Tokio Marine Nichido Big Blue
| years3 = 2014
| team3 = Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa
| years4 = 2015–2016
| team4 = Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya
| years5 = 2016–2018
| team5 = Shiga Lakestars
| years6 = 2018–2020
| team6 = Sun Rockers Shibuya
| years7 = 2020–2022
| team7 = Kumamoto Volters
| years8 = 2022–2023
| team8 = Toyama Grouses
| years9 = 2023–2024
| team9 = Earthfriends Tokyo Z
| years10 = 2024–present
| team10 = Tryhoop Okayama
| highlights =*NBDL Scoring leader (2013-14)
}}
Samba Faye (born April 25, 1987), is a Senegal-born Japanese professional basketball player for the Tryhoop Okayama of the Japanese B.League.{{cite web |last=Shiga Lakestars |first= |url=https://lakestars.net/roster/samba_faye.html |title=ファイ サンバSamba Faye|date=2 February 2018 |accessdate=9 February 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.volters.jp/news/detail/id=13376|title=ファイ サンバ選手 2020-21シーズン選手契約(新規)のお知らせ|website=熊本ヴォルターズ}}
Career statistics
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|Led the league |
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|-
| align="left" | 2012-13
| align="left" | Toshiba
| 6|| || 4.8|| .500|| .000|| .333|| 1.2|| 0.5|| 0.2|| 0|| 2.3
|-
| align="left" | 2013-14
| align="left" | Tokio M
| 32||31 || 34.1|| .434|| .326|| .743|| 12.8|| 1.6|| 0.7|| 0.7||bgcolor="CFECEC"| 24.5*
|-
| align="left" | 2014-15
| align="left" | Toshiba
| 10|| 0|| 9.8|| .423|| .000|| .750|| 2.2|| 0.3|| 0|| 0.1|| 2.5
|-
| align="left" | 2014-15
| align="left" | Toyotsu
| 12||10 || 24.9|| .524|| .200|| .759|| 12.0|| 1.4|| 0.3|| 0.3|| 12.8
|-
| align="left" | 2015-16
| align="left" | Toyotsu
| 32||21 || 19.1|| .511|| .295|| .722|| 7.6|| 0.8|| 0.4|| 0.6|| 11.8
|-
| align="left" | 2016-17
| align="left" | Shiga
| 58||33 || 18.6|| .544|| .200|| .740|| 5.6|| 0.4|| 0.2|| 0.3|| 8.2
|-
| align="left" | 2017-18
| align="left" | Shiga
| 54 || 49 || 21.4 || .543 ||.333 ||.719 ||4.4 ||1.3 || 0.5 ||0.3 || 9.1
|-
|}
References
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Category:Japanese men's basketball players
Category:Japanese people of Senegalese descent
Category:Senegalese emigrants to Japan
Category:Earthfriends Tokyo Z players
Category:Sun Rockers Shibuya players
Category:Tokio Marine Nichido Big Blue players
Category:Kawasaki Brave Thunders players
Category:Kumamoto Volters players
Category:Toyama Grouses players
Category:Fighting Eagles Nagoya players
Category:Sportspeople from Thiès
Category:Naturalized citizens of Japan
Category:Naturalised basketball players
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