Nationality Senegalese / German Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg) Playing career Height 2.13 m | Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) NBA draft 1999 / Undrafted 1999–2000 SpVgg Rattelsdorf Weight 111 kg | |
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Born September 3, 1977 (age 39)M'Bour, Senegal ( 1977-09-03 ) | ||
Boniface ndong
Boniface N'Dong (born September 3, 1977) is a retired Senegalese professional basketball player who last played for Galatasaray Medical Park of the Turkish Basketball League. Born in M'Bour, Senegal, he also holds German citizenship.
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Pro career
The 2005-06 NBA season was the rookie campaign for the 28-year-old 7 ft 0 in center for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, a season in which N'Dong played almost no part, appearing in 23 games with a 7-minute per game average. In December 2006, he signed with the Russian club Spartak St. Petersburg. N'Dong moved to the Spanish ACB league later that season and signed with Unicaja Málaga for the 2006-07 ACB League Play-Offs to replace the injured Daniel Santiago.
On July 14, 2007, he re-signed with Malaga on a one season contract. He has also previously played for the German League teams SpVgg Rattelsdorf, TSV Tröster Breitengüssbach, GHP Bamberg and the French Pro A team JDA Dijon. He has also played with the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Summer League squad in 2007.
In 2009, he signed a two-year contract worth €3.2 million net income with the Spanish league club FC Barcelona. In 2011, he signed a one-year extension contract with Regal Barcelona.
In the summer of 2012, he signed a one-year contract with Galatasaray Medical Park. On June 16, 2013, the day after Galatasaray won the 2012-13 league championship, he announced that he was going to retire.
Senegal national team
N'dong helped the Senegal national team get the silver medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 2005 in Algeria, a competition he won the MVP award.