Yannick Franke
No. 0 – Start Lublin | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | Polish Basketball League |
Personal information | |
Born | Haarlem, Netherlands | May 21, 1996
Nationality | Dutch |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013 | ZZ Leiden |
2013–2015 | Rotterdam |
2015–2016 | Donar |
2016 | Bisons Loimaa |
2017 | Zadar |
2017–2018 | Aquila Trento |
2018–2019 | Pieno žvaigždės |
2019–2020 | Hamburg Towers |
2020 | SLUC Nancy |
2020–present | Start Lublin |
Career highlights and awards | |
Yannick Ayrton Franke (born May 21, 1996) is a Dutch professional basketball player who plays for Start Lublin and the Netherlands. Franke usually plays as shooting guard and occasionally as point guard.
Professional career
Franke started his professional career with the Dutch powerhouse ZZ Leiden in the 2013–14 season. In December he transferred to lower-ranked Challenge Sports Rotterdam, where he could get more playing time.
In the 2014–15 season, Franke had a break-out year. He was the youngest scoring champion in the history of the Dutch DBL, after he recorded 19.6 points per game at age 19.[1] He also won the DBL MVP Under 23 and DBL Most Improved Player Awards.
For the 2015–16 season, Franke signed with Donar Groningen.[2] On 15 February 2016, Franke left Donar.[3]
On February 29, 2016, he signed for the remainder of the season with Bisons Loimaa in Finland.[4]
On September 20, 2016, Franke signed with Promitheas Patras in Greece,[5] but left the team without appearing in a single game. On October 16, 2016, he signed a three-year contract with AEK Athens in Greece,[6] but was released on November 25, without appearing in an official game of the team.[7] On January 11, 2017, he signed with Croatian club Zadar.[8] On March 31, 2017, he left Zadar after averaging 6 points and 2 rebounds per game in the ABA League.[9]
On August 11, 2017, Franke signed a two-year deal with Italian club Aquila Basket Trento.[10] In the 2017–18 LBA season, Franke reached the finals with Trento, where it lost to Olimpia Milano.
In October 2018, Franke signed with Pieno žvaigždės of the Lithuanian LKL.[11]
On July 12, 2019, Franke signed a one-year contract with Hamburg Towers of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[12]
On August 8, 2020, Franke signed with SLUC Nancy of the French LNB Pro B.[13]
On December 17, 2020, Franke signed with Start Lublin.[14]
International career
Franke made his debut for the Dutch national basketball team on 31 July 2015 in a 55–59 loss against Germany.[15] Franke was a member of the Dutch team that played at EuroBasket 2015, where the team had a 1–4 record. Franke played in one game, a 72–78 loss against Croatia, and he scored 3 points in the match.[16]
Honours
Individual
- DBL All-Rookie Team: 2014–15
- DBL Most Improved Player: 2014–15
- DBL MVP Under 23: 2014–15
- DBL All-Star: 2015
- DBL scoring champion: 2014–15
- All Imports team LKL Lithuanian 2018-19
- All German BBL Honorable mention 2019-20
References
- ^ "Topscorer DBL" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Donar strikt met Yannick Franke Nederlands toptalent" [Donar signs Dutch top talent in Franke] (in Dutch). NU.nl. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Yannick Franke per direct weg bij Donar" [Yannick Franke leaves Donar] (in Dutch). OOG TV. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Yannick Franke Biisoneihin" [Yannick Franke is a Bison] (in Finnish). Bisons.fi. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Promitheas lands Yannick Franke". Sportando.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Yannick Franke inks with AEK Athens". Sportando.com. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Yannick Franke, AEK Athens part ways". Sportando.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Zadar ink two foreign players – Franke and Janev are coming to Višnjik". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Yannick Franke leaves KK Zadar". Sportando.com. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Trento signs Yannick Franke to a two-year deal". Sportando.com. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Yannick Franke naar Litouwen". basketbalnieuws.com (in Dutch). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Hamburg Towers". Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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- ^ [2]
- ^ "Yannick Franke" (in Dutch). Oranjebasketball.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Yannick Franke". EuroBasket 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
External links
- 1996 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Aquila Basket Trento players
- BC Pieno žvaigždės players
- Bisons Loimaa players
- B.S. Leiden players
- Donar (basketball club) players
- Dutch men's basketball players
- Dutch expatriate basketball people
- Dutch Basketball League players
- Feyenoord Basketball players
- Hamburg Towers players
- SLUC Nancy Basket players
- KK Zadar players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Haarlem