Amine Noua (born February 7, 1997) is a French professional

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player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish

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(BSL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in), he plays

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Professional career

Noua was born in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

and cut his teeth in the youth ranks of

ASVEL Basket ASVEL Basket, commonly known as ASVEL or sometimes as ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, and also known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon ...

. After playing in the club’s under-21 team, he made his first-team debut in January 2016, scoring two points in five minutes against

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. During ASVEL’s championship run that year, he averaged 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds in 3.8 minutes per contest. In April 2018, he declared for the

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. However, he withdrew before the deadline. His breakout season came in 2017-18, when he averaged 11 points and 4.7 rebounds a game in 32 ProA contests (including 26 starts). He also attended the French All Star Game that season. On July 7, 2021, he has signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the

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. On April 11, 2022, he has signed with

SIG Strasbourg Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League, and i ...

of the French

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. He returned to ASVEL on July 7, 2022. On August 1, 2023, he signed with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

of the

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. On December 2, 2023, he signed with

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of the Italian LBA. On January 22, 2024, he signed an one-month contract with Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish

(BSL).

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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International career

Noua was part of the French national team, competing in the

2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 27th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, which was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 8 to 18 August 2013. Turkey were the defending champi ...

s. At the

2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship The 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Arabic: بطولة العالم لكرة السلة 2014 تحت 17 سنة ) was the 3rd edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship cont ...

s, he poured in 18.7 points a contest, finishing fourth in the tournament in scoring en route to

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All-World Championships U17 3rd Team distinction. Noua averaged 15.8 points per game at the 2016 FIBA Europe under-20 Championships. During the

2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in three Greek cities, Chania, Rethymno and Heraklion, on the island of Crete, from 15 to 23 July 2017. Venues Partic ...

, he averaged team-highs 12.9 points as well as 7.9 rebounds a game, helping France win the bronze medal and was named to the All-Tournament Team. In November 2017, he received his first call-up for the men's national team.

Personal life

Noua is of Moroccan and Algerian descent.

External links

LNB profile

FIBA profile

Eurobasket.com profile

References

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