Listed weight 100 kg (220 lb) Height 1.98 m League Serie A NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted Weight 100 kg | Nationality Italian Name Awudu Abass Career start 2010 Listed height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) Role Basketball player Pro career 2010 | |
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Player Focus - Awudu Abass
Awudu Abass Abass (born January 27, 1993) is an Italian professional basketball player who currently plays for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano of the LBA as a small forward.
Contents
- Player Focus Awudu Abass
- AWUDU ABASS SCOUTING
- Personal life
- Professional career
- Italian national team
- References
AWUDU ABASS SCOUTING
Personal life
His father is originally from Ghana whilst his mother is from Nigeria (not Togo as erroneously reported by some sources), they met in Rome where they married before moving to Como where Awudu was born. He obtained Italian citizenship as soon as he could, at the age of 18, having to wait that long as he was born to foreign nationals.
Abass still lives in Como, in 2012, at only 19, he was a candidate for the communal elections as second on the Amo la Mia Città list, however it obtained only one seat so he was not elected.
Professional career
Abass joined local club Pallacanestro Cantù as a teenager, progressing quickly through the youth ranks to make his debut in 2011 aged only 18. He was too young to make an immediate impact, playing sparingly in his first three seasons, he did however grab minutes, and rebounds, in Europe's top-tier level EuroLeague, playing in two games, one against powerhouse Real Madrid.
The 2013-2014 proved to be his breakthrough season, he earned regular minutes in the LBA and European second tier EuroCup, as a youth product he became a fan favourite and was awarded the captaincy the next season, becoming the youngest captain of Cantù's history.
Italian national team
Abass was called up soon after officially becoming Italian, joining the Under-20 side of the Italian national basketball team that won gold at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he was part of the All Tournament Team.
Although he was called up to the senior team for the LBA All Star game, as one of the best Italians in the national domestic league, he hasn't yet played for the senior men's national team in a competitive game.