Jump to content

Aboubakar Gakou

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aboubakar Gakou
Gakou in 2022
No. 14 – Petro de Luanda
PositionPower forward
LeagueBAL
Angolan Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27)
Angola
Listed height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Career information
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–presentPetro de Luanda
Career highlights and awards

Aboubakar Pedro Gakou (born 27 May 1997) is an Angolan basketball player who plays for Petro de Luanda and the Angola national team. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays as power forward.

Gakou started his career with Petro in 2015 and has won four national championships with the team since, while being a two-time MVP winner as well. He won his first BAL championship in 2024.

Professional career

[edit]

Gakou started playing basketball only at age 17.[1] A year later, in 2015, he was a prospect on the roster of Petro de Luanda. He won his first Angolan championship in 2019. Gakou was named the league's Most Valuable Player of the 2020–21 season after winning his second championship with the team.[2] He was forced to miss the 2021 BAL season after he tested positive for COVID-19, making it impossible for him to join the bubble.[1]

In the 2021–22 season, Gakou helped Petro win the national treble. He also helped his team reach the 2022 BAL Finals, where the team lost to US Monastir. On May 27, Gakou was named to the BAL All-Defensive Team.[3]

Gakou won his fourth consecutive Angolan League title in 2023, and was named league MVP for a second time.[4]

On May 12, 2024, Gakou was named the Angolan Basketball League Regular Season MVP, the same day after Petro won a fifth straight title.[5][6] On June 1, he won his first BAL championship.[7]

National team career

[edit]

Internationally, Gakou has played for the Angola national basketball team. He was on the roster for AfroBasket 2021.[8]

Awards and accomplishments

[edit]

Club

[edit]
Petro de Luanda

Individual

[edit]

BAL career statistics

[edit]
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an BAL championship
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2022 Petro de Luanda 8 8 20.6 .446 .344 .923 5.3 0.8 0.5 0.1 9.1
2023 Petro de Luanda 8 8 18.8 .355 .344 .727 4.0 0.8 0.5 0.1 6.9
2024† Petro de Luanda 8 6 22.7 .400 .222 .739 5.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 8.4

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Gakou adamant that Petro's BAL time is coming". The BAL. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Aboubakar Gakou MVP of 43rd national basketball championship - ANGOP". Agência Angola Press. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Petro win national basketball championship". Angop.ao. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Basketball - Childe Dundão…". Angop - Agência Angola Press. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ^ Da Silva, Juscelino (12 May 2024). "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Basquetebol: Petro de Luanda revalida título e conquista o Penta". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Petro de Luanda are the 2024 BAL Champions". The BAL. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Angola at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
[edit]
Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article relating to an Angolan basketball figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aboubakar_Gakou&oldid=1265649849"