Astou Ndour

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Player information
Full name Astou Barro Ndour Gueye
birthday August 22, 1994
place of birth Dakar , SenegalSenegalSenegal 
size 196 cm
position Power Forward /
Center
NBA draft 2014 , 16th pick, San Antonio Stars
Jersey number 15th
Clubs as active
2010-2014 SpainSpain Gran Canaria 2014
2014-2015 TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe İstanbul
2015– SpainSpain Perfumerías Avenida
WNBA clubs as active
2014– United StatesUnited States San Antonio Stars
1 As of August 11, 2015

Astou Barro Ndour Gueye (also Astou Barro N'Dour Guèye ; born August 22, 1994 in Dakar ) is a Spanish basketball player of Senegalese origin. It is 1.96 cm tall and is mostly used as a power forward or center .

career

Astou Ndour began playing basketball in her school team in her native Dakar when she was seven. At the age of 13 she moved to Spain , in the youth of CB Islas Canarias , after she was recommended to the club from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria by her compatriot Aminata Diop . She quickly made a name for herself as one of the greatest talents in Spanish basketball and in the 2010/11 season, at the age of only 16, made her debut in the first team of CB Islas Canarias in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto . During that season she made nine appearances in the first division and five in the Eurocup Women and mostly played for the Canary Islands U-19 team .

In the 2011/12 season Astou Ndour played in the regular team of CB Islas Canarias and ended the year with an average of 9.7 points and seven rebounds per game. In the Eurocup, she led her team with 16.1 points and 10.9 rebounds to the quarter-finals, where they failed at Adana Botaş . However, her sporting breakthrough should come in 2013/14, her team finished third in the regular season of the Spanish championship and reached the playoff for the first time in seven years, but failed in the semifinals at the eventual champions Rivas Ecópolis . Astou Ndour impressed with an average of 17.8 points and 13.2 rebounds and was honored for her outstanding individual achievements as MVP of the season. A little later she was selected in the WNBA Draft in 16th place by the San Antonio Stars . In February of this year, FIBA Europe honored her as the best female junior of 2013 .

In May 2014 she signed a two-year contract with the Turkish top club Fenerbahçe İstanbul .

National team

Astou Ndour acquired Spanish citizenship in June 2011 and waived her Senegalese passport. Already in the summer of this year she was in the squad of the Spaniards for the U-18 European Championship, where her national selection won the bronze medal. She was also part of the Iberians team for the U-19 World Cup, where her team only failed in the final against the United States. In both competitions Astou Ndour was elected to the All-Tournament Team. After she could not take part in a national team competition in 2012 due to an injury, she reached fourth place at the U-19 World Cup in 2013 and was again in the All-Tournament Team. However, Astou Ndour's greatest success at the junior level was at the U-20 European Championship this year. The Spaniards won the tournament with a 59:53 in the final against Italy. She contributed an average of 17.3 points and 9.8 rebounds and ended the EM as MVP and top scorer.

On September 4, 2014 Asou Ndour made her debut in the Spanish senior team in a friendly against Serbia .

Achievements and honors

Spanish national team

Honors

  • Elected to the All-Tournament Team of the U-20 European Championship 2014
  • MVP of the Spanish Championship 2013/14
  • Europe's young player of the year 2013
  • MVP, top scorer and election to the All-Tournament Team of the U-20 European Championship 2013
  • Elected to the All-Tournament Team of the U-19 World Cup 2011 and 2013
  • Elected to the All-Tournament Team of the U-18 European Championship 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ndour: From Senegal To Spanish Stardom. In: FIBA Europe . July 10, 2013, accessed May 15, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Astou Ndour, MVP de la Liga Femenina 2013/2014. In: feb.es. April 1, 2014, accessed February 20, 2018 (Spanish).
  3. ^ San Antonio Stars draft Spain's Astou Ndour 16th overall. (No longer available online.) In: lovewomensbasketball.com. April 15, 2014, archived from the original on April 17, 2014 ; accessed on May 15, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lovewomensbasketball.com
  4. ↑ Ndour is 2013 Young Women's POY. In: FIBA Europe . February 5, 2014, accessed May 15, 2014 .
  5. ^ Ndour Signs With Fenerbahce. In: FIBA Europe . May 27, 2014, accessed May 31, 2014 .
  6. ↑ El Gobierno concede la nacionalidad española a la senegalesa Astou Barro Ndour. In: europapress.es. June 17, 2011, Retrieved May 15, 2014 (Spanish).
  7. ^ MVP Ndour Heads All Tournament Team. In: FIBA Europe . July 14, 2013, accessed May 15, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Ndour, Astou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ndour Gueye, Astou Barro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Dakar , Senegal