Aaron Cel (born March 4, 1987) is a French-Polish professional
basketball
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player for
Polski Cukier Toruń
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of the
Polish Basketball League
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.
Professional career
Cel made his professional debut with
Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
in the
French Pro A League
The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league. ...
. He later played with
Brest
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*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
* Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
* Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
,
Boulazac and
Nantes
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in the
French Pro B League. In the summer of 2011, he signed with Polish team
Turów Zgorzelec
PGE Turów Zgorzelec is a Polish a basketball team based in Zgorzelec.
The club played in the Polish League (PLK) and won the Polish championship once, in the 2013–14 season. The club was sponsored by the PGE Group, and they are also the clu ...
. After he spent two seasons with them in June 2013, he signed with
Stelmet Zielona Góra. In July 2015, he returned to France and signed with
AS Monaco Basket
Association Sportive de Monaco Basketball Club, commonly referred to as A.S. Monaco Basket, is a French-registered Monaco-based professional basketball club. They are a part of the Monaco-based multi-sports club of A.S. Monaco, which was foun ...
. For the 2016–17 season he moved to French club
BCM Gravelines
Basket Club Maritime Gravelines-Dunkerque, commonly referred to as BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, is a French professional basketball club based in Gravelines. They currently play in the Pro A, the highest professional league in France. The team plays ...
. On August 6, 2017, he signed with Polish club
Polski Cukier Toruń
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
.
National team career
Cel represented the French national basketball team at junior level. He later acquired Polish citizenship and started to play for the
Polish national basketball team
The Poland men's national basketball team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w koszykówce) represents Poland in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Polish Basketball Federation (PZKosz).
Poland has competed at the EuroB ...
. With Poland he played at the
EuroBasket 2015
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.
References
External links
Aaron Celat eurobasket.com
Aaron Celat euroleague.net
at fiba.com
Aaron Celat lnb.fr
Aaron Celat plk.pl
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1987 births
Living people
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
AS Monaco Basket players
Basket Zielona Góra players
BCM Gravelines players
Boulazac Basket Dordogne players
Étendard de Brest players
French men's basketball players
Hermine Nantes Basket players
Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
French expatriate basketball people in Monaco
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Polish men's basketball players
Power forwards (basketball)
Sportspeople from Orléans
Turów Zgorzelec players
Twarde Pierniki Toruń players
Polish people of French descent
Citizens of Poland through descent