Michael Kessens

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Basketball player
Michael Kessens
Player information
birthday February 16, 1991
place of birth Geneva , Switzerland
size 206 cm
position Wing / center
college Longwood
Alabama
FIU
Club information
society Skyliners Frankfurt
league Basketball Bundesliga
Clubs as active
2009–2012 Cholet Basket 2012–2013 Longwood University 2013–2016 University of Alabama 2016–2017 Florida International University 2017–2018 Eisbären Bremerhaven 2018–2020 SC Rasta Vechta since 2020 Skyliners FrankfurtFranceFrance
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Michael Kessens (born February 16, 1991 in Geneva ) is a Swiss - German basketball player . He is in the squad of the German Bundesliga club Skyliners Frankfurt .

career

Kessens is descended from a German mother and a Somali father. He was born in Geneva and played football as a teenager, then basketball. Kessens played for the offspring of the BBC Nyon and moved to the youth department of the French club Cholet Basket in 2009 , where he played until 2012.

He went to the United States in 2012 to study and continue his basketball career at university level. After a season at Longwood University in the state of Virginia , he came to the University of Alabama in 2013 , but had to sit out in the 2013/14 season due to the NCAA's transfer regulations . At the end of his university time in the USA, he wore the shirt of the Florida International University team in 2016/17 .

In July 2017 he signed his first contract as a professional basketball player with the German first division club Eisbären Bremerhaven . In the course of his first year as a professional, Kessens was used in 32 Bundesliga games and recorded an average of 6.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per match. In the summer of 2018, he left Bremerhaven using a clause to get out of his contract. He switched to Bundesliga promoted SC Rasta Vechta , finished fourth in the main round with Lower Saxony in the 2018/19 season and was only eliminated in the semi-finals. In his 30 Bundesliga appearances, Kessens was in the starting line-up 24 times and recorded an average of 7.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per encounter.

In summer 2020 there was another change within the Bundesliga, Kessens moved to the Skyliners Frankfurt .

National team

In 2011, Kessens was part of the extended squad of the German U20 national team, but was removed from the squad shortly before the European Championship in Spain.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Des nouvelles de: Michael Kessens, un joueur plein d'avenir . In: Cholet Basket . ( cholet-basket.com [accessed July 5, 2017]).
  2. ↑ a b Michael Kessens - 2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster - ROLLTIDE.COM - University of Alabama Official Athletics Site. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Mickael Kessens - Cholet - Joueurs - Pro A - LNB.fr. Retrieved July 5, 2017 (fr-fr).
  4. ↑ Michael Kessens - 2012-13 Men's Basketball. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  5. ^ SI Wire: Alabama transfer Michael Kessens commits to FIU . In: SI.com . ( si.com [accessed July 5, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Eisbären Bremerhaven: Eisbären sign Michael Kessens . In: Eisbären Bremerhaven . July 5, 2017 ( dieeisbaeren.de [accessed July 5, 2017]).
  7. ↑ easyCredit - 439 BRE. Retrieved June 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Eisbären Bremerhaven: Exit clause drawn: Michael Kessens leaves the Eisbären . In: Eisbären Bremerhaven . June 8, 2018 ( dieeisbaeren.de [accessed June 10, 2018]).
  9. ↑ FAREWELL AND RESTART: MÄDRICH GOES, KESSENS COMES . ( rasta-vechta.de [accessed on June 10, 2018]).
  10. ↑ easyCredit - 541 VEC. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  11. ↑ https://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news-service/details/fraport-skyliners-verpflichten-big-man-michael-kessens/
  12. ↑ U20 men will start the European Championship "German Basketball Association" on Thursday. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kessens, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-German basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva , Switzerland