Michel Diouf
{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Michel Diouf | image = Michel Diouf (cropped).jpg | caption = Diouf with Bakken Bears in 2021 | number = 11 | position = Center | height_m = 2.08 | weight_kg = 102 | league = KBF Premier League | team = Nairobi City Thunder | birth_date = 19 April 1989 | birth_place = Medina Gounass, Senegal | nationality = Senegalese | high_school = | college = | draft_year = 2011 | career_start = 2007 | years1 = 2007–2009 | team1 = CB Qalat | years2 = 2009–2011 | team2 = CB Tarragona | years3 = 2011–2012 | team3 = Palencia | years4 = 2012 | team4 = Fuenlabrada | years5 = 2012–2014 | team5 = Breogán | years6 = 2014–2015 | team6 = Miraflores Burgos | years7 = 2015–2024 | team7 = [[Bakken | highlights = * FIBA Europe Cup all-time leading scorer
- FIBA Europe Cup all-time rebounding leader
- FIBA Europe Cup all-time blocks leader.
- 8× Basketligaen champion (2017–2024)
- Basketligaen Finals MVP (2021)
- 4× Basketligaen Defender of the Year (2016, 2018–2020)
- 5× Danish Cup champion (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023). *ENBL champion ( 2024)
| bbr = | bbr_wnba = | nba_profile = | wnba_profile = | years8 = 2024–present | team8 = Nairobi City Thunder }} Michel Diogoye Diouf (born 19 April 1989) is a Senegalese professional basketball player. Diouf is a four-time winner of the Basketligaen Defender of the Year award.[1] He is the current all-time leader in points, rebounds and blocks in the FIBA Europe Cup.[2]
Career
[edit]In the 2020–21 season, Diouf won his fifth Basketligaen championship with Bakken Bears and was named the Finals MVP.[3] On 21 March 2022, Diouf became the all-time leading scorer of the FIBA Europe Cup in a quarterfinal game against Oradea. He surpassed Trae Golden's record of 789 total points.[2] Diouf left Bakken after a nine-year stint in 2024.[4]
On 19 September 2024, Diouf joined the Nairobi City Thunder of the Kenyan KBF Premier League and the Road to BAL.[5]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Individual
[edit]- 4× Basketligaen Defender of the Year: (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)[1]
- Basketligaen Finals MVP: (2021)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Basketligaen Priser" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Diouf overtakes Golden to become FIBA Europe Cup's all-time leading scorer". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Coupe du Danemark : Bakken sacré grâce à Michel Diouf, MVP de la finale !". Basket 221 (in French). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "En epoke er slut". Bakken Bears (in Danish). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Olobulu, Timothy (20 September 2024). "League champions Thunder pack up squad with three foreign additions". Capital Sports. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Bears dansk mester | Basketball | Bakken Bears Officielle Website" (in Danish). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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