Benke_Diarouma

Benké Diarouma

Benké Diarouma

Malian basketball player (born 1996)

Benké Diarouma (born 12 August 1996) is a Malian basketball player, who plays for Cherbourg Basket-ball of the Nationale 3 and for the Mali national basketball team. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays as center.

Quick Facts No. 13 – Cherbourg, Position ...

Early life

Diarouma started playing football, but was switched to basketball at age 15.[1]

Professional career

Diarouma was born in Bamako.[2] Since 2018, Diarouma plays for AS Police in the Malian Ligue 1. In the 2017–18 season, he was named the MVP of the season.[3]

In 2022, Diarouma signed with Cherbourg Basket-ball of the French fifth division NM3, his first club in Europe.[1]

National team career

Diarouma played with Mali at FIBA AfroCan 2019 and FIBA AfroBasket 2021.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "PORTRAIT. « C'est un super mec » : du Mali à Cherbourg, Benké Diarouma fait l'unanimité !". actu.fr (in French). 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  2. [2]
    "Benke Diarouma". play.fiba3x3.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    "BballMali". Twitter (in Catalan). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Benke DIAROUMA at the FIBA AfroCan 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article relating to a Malian basketball figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Benke_Diarouma, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.