Andrew Albicy (born 21 March 1990) is a French professional

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player for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB and the France national team.

Club career

Albicy has played with the

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's youth team as a junior. He made a few appearances for the club's senior team between 2006 and 2009, before playing his first full season for the team in the 2009–10 season. Albicy averaged 4.5 points and 3.6 assists per game for the team while backing up starting guard Jimmal Ball.Profile
at FIBA.com Albicy initially declared as an early-entry candidate for the

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before withdrawing his name from consideration. On 31 July 2014 he signed a two-year deal with BCM Gravelines. After finishing his contract at Gravelines, in June 2016 Albicy signed for MoraBanc Andorra. This will be his first experience out of France. On 24 August 2017 he signed a two-year contract extension with Andorra. In the 2018–19 season, Albicy reached the semi-finals of the EuroCup with Andorra. On June 17, 2019, Albicy signed a contract with

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of the

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. He parted ways with the team on July 20, 2020. Albicy averaged 6.6 points and 4.4 assists per game. On July 25, 2020, he signed with Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB.

International career

Albicy played with the

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at each level of junior basketball. He appeared for the team at the

2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Linares, Andújar and Martos, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Spain won the trophy for the first time. Germany and Iceland w ...

, U18 European Championship Men 2008 Division A,

FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009 The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Maori: 2009 FIBA I-Raro I Te 19 Tau Toa o Te Ao) was the 9th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national team ...

, and 2010

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. He was named tournament MVP for the gold-medal winning French team at the 2010 Under-20 tournament. He was called to the senior French team for the first time at the

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to replace fellow point guard Rodrigue Beaubois. At only twenty years of age, he was the youngest member of the French team at the tournament.

References

External links

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