Louis Cyrille Jean Benoît She (31 August 1999 – 6 April 2022), better known as Abraham Sie, was an Ivorian

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player. During his career he played for the

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Club career

Sie was a former football player and taekwondo fighter, he was the Ivorian taekwondo champion twice before he started playing basketball. He played for the Ivorian side Abidjan Basket Club, he participated in the Basketball Africa League qualifiers where he averaged 14.33 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists. In October 2021, Sie signed with DUC Dakar, the champions of Senegal.

Ivorian national team

Sie represented the

. He was included in the Ivorian team roster for the

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, but he did not play a match based on the decision of the coach.

Death

Sie died on 6 April 2022 in

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at age 22, as was announced by his club DUC Dakar.

Honours

;ABC Fighters *

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winner: 2019, 2020; runner-up: 2021

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