Bathiste Tchouaffé
| No. 19 – JSF Nanterre | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | LNB Pro A FIBA Europe Cup |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 19, 1998 Poitiers, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Listed height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2016 | INSEP |
| 2016–present | JSF Nanterre |
Medals | |
Bathiste Tchouaffe (born May 19, 1998 in Poitiers) is a French professional basketball player. He is currently playing for JSF Nanterre of the French elite league LNB Pro A.
Playing career
The product of a basketball family, both his mother and father played the game.[1] Tchouaffe played in the youth sides of ASPTT Poitiers, PVBC Pouzioux Vouneuil Basket Club, CEP Poitiers and Poitiers Basket 86.[2] From 2012 to 2016, he attended INSEP, the French National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance, averaging 12.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists a game in his final season (2015-16) in the NM1, the third tier of French basketball.[3]
In May 2016, he signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with JSP Nanterre of the French elite league LNB Pro A.[4]
National team
He was a key part of the French under-16 national team that won gold at the 2014 European Championships, tallying 14.7 points, 4.4 boards, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per outing during the tournament. For his efforts, he was named to the Eurobasket.com All-European Championships U16 1st Team, alongside players like his teammate Kilian Tillie, Latvia's Rodions Kurucs and Turkey's Ömer Yurtseven.[5]
In 2015, Tchouaffe was a member of the French squad that went third at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships in Hungary, and he also won the shoot out contest.[6]
External links
References
- ^ "ITW Bathiste Tchouaffé : "Tout faire pour que le basket français se souvienne de la génération 98" - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Les jeunes au pouvoir avec Bathiste Tchouaffé – 5by5.fr – Actu basket 86 !". www.5by5.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Stats joueur | FFBB". www.ffbb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Bathiste Tchouaffé signe à Nanterre". Basket Europe. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "European Championships U16 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Shoot-Out Contest - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.