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Position | |
League | Serie C Gold Basket |
Personal information | |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 25 March 1994
Nationality |
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Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Listed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) |
Career information | |
College | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (2015–2017) |
NBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
Career history | |
–2012 | Torrejón Basketball Academy |
2012–2013 | Canarias Basketball Academy |
2014–2015 | Alcázar Basket |
2017–2019 | Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto |
2019–present | SSD Giuseppe Angel |
Kingsley Obiekwe Sam [1] (born 25 March 1994) is a professional basketball player who plays as a small forward or shooting guard for Italian club Herons Basket. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team. [2]
Obiekwe was born in Madrid to a Nigerian father and an Equatorial Guinean mother. As a young player, he developed at Torrejón Basketball Academy in the outskirts of the Spanish capital, and had success for their Junior teams.
Obiekwe has played in the United States for the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen. [3] [4] Later, he played back in Spain for Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto.
Obiekwe has joined the Equatorial Guinea men's national basketball team in January 2020. [5]