Vafessa Fofana
No. 12 – BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | |||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||
League | LNB Pro A | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born | (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32) Paris, France | ||||||||
Nationality | French / Ivorian | ||||||||
Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||
Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
NBA draft | 2014: undrafted | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
2012–2013 | Saint-Vallier | ||||||||
2013–2016 | Denain Voltaire | ||||||||
2016–2017 | Hermine Nantes | ||||||||
2017–2018 | HTV | ||||||||
2018–2019 | Hermine Nantes | ||||||||
2019–2021 | Cholet | ||||||||
2021–present | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | ||||||||
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Vafessa Fofana (born 12 June 1992) is a French-Ivorian basketball player.[1] He plays for the French League side BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque and the Ivory Coast national basketball team.[2][3]
Club career
In 2009, Fofana started his club career with the Cholet Basket under 21 at the age of 17,[4] he averaged 4.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.3 blocks.[5] In his second season at Cholet Basketball Under 21, he averaged 9.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.6 blocks.[6] In his third season at the Cholet Basketball Under 21, he averaged 13.4 points, 4 rebounds and 0.6 blocks.[7]
In 2012, he played for the Saint-Vallier basketball team where he averaged 1.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.3 blocks.[8] In 2013, he played for the Denain Voltaire Basket where he averaged 4.1 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.1 blocks.[9][10]
In 2016, He played for the Hermine Nantes Basket where he averaged 8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 0 blocks.[11] In 2017, he moved to HTV Basket where he averaged 6.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.3 [12] In 2018, he moved back to Hermine Nantes Basket where he averaged 9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 0.4 blocks.[13] In 2019, He moved back to Cholet Basket.[10]
On June 23, 2021, he has signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of LNB Pro A.[14]
Ivorian National team
Fafona represents the Ivory Coast national basketball team.[15] He participated at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup where he averaged 3.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 assist.[2] He also played with his country at FIBA AfroBasket 2021, helping the team win the silver medal. He averaged 12 points and 10.7 rounds per game over the tournament.[16]
References
- ^ "Vafessa Fofana Player Profile, Cholet Basket, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ a b "Vafessa FOFANA at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Vafessa Fofana, Basketball Player". Proballers.
- ^ "FOFANA, VAFESSA - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL". www.euroleague.net.
- ^ "Cholet U21 Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ "Cholet U21 Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ "Cholet U21 Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ "Saint-Vallier Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ "Denain Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ a b "Fofana Vafessa | LNB.fr". www.lnb.frhttp.
- ^ "Nantes Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ "Hyères-Toulon Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ "Nantes Roster, Schedule, Stats". Proballers.
- ^ "Vafessa FOFANA, Nouveau Maritime ! 🧡". bcmbasket.com (in French). June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Vafessa FOFANA at the FIBA Coupe du Monde de Basketball 2019". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Cote d'Ivoire at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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