Tekele Cotton
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Tekele Cotton
| image = 2022-05-27 ALBA Berlin gegen MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (Basketball-Bundesliga 2021-22) by Sandro Halank–017.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Cotton in May 2022 while with Riesen Ludwigsburg
| number = 32
| position = Point guard / shooting guard
| height_cm = 188
| height_footnote =
| weight_kg = 92
| weight_footnote =
| league = Kosovo Superleague
| team = Trepça
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|05|27}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| high_school = Whitefield Academy
(Marietta, Georgia)
| college = Wichita State (2011–2015)
| draft_year = 2015
| career_start = 2015
| career_end =
| years1 = 2015–2017
| team1 = Riesen Ludwigsburg
| years2 = 2018–2019
| team2 = Fiat Torino
| years3 = 2020
| team3 = Kalev/Cramo
| years4 = 2020–2022
| team4 = Benedetto XIV Cento
| years5 = 2022
| team5 = Riesen Ludwigsburg
| years6 = 2022–2023
| team6 = CSO Voluntari
| years7 = 2023–2024
| team7 = Ferraroni Juve Cremona
| years8 = 2024
| team8 = M Basket Mažeikiai
| years9 = 2024–present
| team9 = Trepça
| highlights =
- Kosovo Cup winner (2025)
- 2× MVC Defensive Player of the Year (2014, 2015)
- 2× Second-team All-MVC (2014, 2015)
| medal_templates =
}}
Tekele Cotton (born May 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Trepça of the Kosovo Superleague.
Professional career
On September 2, 2015, Cotton signed with the German club Riesen Ludwigsburg.{{cite web | last=Carchia | first=E. | title=MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg signs rookie Tekele Cotton | website=Sportando | date=2015-09-02 | url=http://archive.sportando.basketball/it/europe/germany/174632/mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg-signs-rookie-tekele-cotton.html | language=it | access-date=2025-01-02}}
On July 17, 2018, Cotton signed a deal with the Italian club Fiat Torino for the 2018–19 LBA season.{{cite news|title=Ufficiale - La Fiat Torino ingaggia Tekele Cotton|url=http://www.basketinside.com/serie-a/mercato-serie-a/ufficiale-la-fiat-torino-ingaggia-tekele-cotton/|work=basketinside.com|date=July 17, 2018|language=Italian|trans-title=Official: Fiat Torino signed Tekele Cotton}}
In 2020, Cotton spent three games with Kalev/Cramo of the Latvian–Estonian League before the season was terminated. On August 8, 2020, he signed with Benedetto XIV Cento of the Serie A2.{{cite news |title=Tekele Cotton signs with Tramec Cento |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/tekele-cotton-signs-with-tramec-cento/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |date=August 8, 2020}} Cotton averaged 14 points and 3 assists per game.
On February 7, 2022, he has signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/tekele-cotton-returns-to-mhp-riesen-ludwisburg/|title=Tekele Cotton returns to MHP Riesen Ludwisburg|last=|first=|date=February 7, 2022|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=February 7, 2022|last1=Skerletic |first1=Dario }}
On August 5, 2022, he has signed with CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/basketball-ludwigsburg-tekele-cotton-wechselt-von-ludwigsburg-nach-rumaenien-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-220802-99-244086|title=Tekele Cotton wechselt von Ludwigsburg nach Rumänien|last=|first=|date=September 1, 2022|website=sueddeutsche.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=September 21, 2022}}
On December 20, 2024, he has signed with Trepça of the Kosovo Superleague.{{cite news|url=https://topsporti.com/artikulli/tekele-cotton-perforcim-i-ri-te-trepca/fbk-superliga|title=Tekele Cotton - përforcim i ri te Trepça|work=TopSporti|date=December 20, 2024|language=sq|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [http://web.legabasket.it/player/COT-TEK-93/cotton_tekele Tekele Cotton LBA profile]
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tekele-cotton-1.html Tekele Cotton Sports Reference profile]
- [https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/statistiken/spieler/portraits/p/34061-tekele-cotton/ Tekele Cotton BBL profile]
- [https://goshockers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=82 Wichita State Shockers bio]
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Estonia
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Kosovo
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Romania
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino players
Category:Basketball players from Marietta, Georgia
Category:BC Kalev/Cramo players
Category:CSO Voluntari players
Category:Lega Basket Serie A players
Category:Riesen Ludwigsburg players