Astou Ndour-Fall ( Ndour; born August 22, 1994) is a Spanish professional

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player for the

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of the Women's

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(WNBA) and for

Çukurova Basketbol Çukurova Basketbol Kulübü, for sponsorship reasons Çukurova Basketbol Kulübü Mersin Yenişehir Belediyesi, is a Turkish professional women's basketball club based in Mersin, Turkey. The club was founded in 2017 and currently competing in t ...

of the

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. Born in Senegal, she represents

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internationally.

Early life

Astou Ndour was born in

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, Senegal on August 8, 1994. Both of her parents had been basketball players. She was a stand-out basketball player at her school in Dakar. Ndour-Fall moved to

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where she was adopted by the ex-coach Domingo Díaz and his wife, when she was 14. She continued to play basketball for her school's team in Las Palmas.

Career

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Europe

Ndour-Fall joined the youth system of

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in 2009. She also played in the Junior Spanish Championship that year. Ndour-Fall became a naturalized Spanish citizen in 2011. She was a part of the Spanish youth team that won the silver medal at the

2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women The 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women was hosted by Chile from July 21 to July 31, 2011. The draw for the Championship took place on March 18, 2011 in Puerto Montt. Teams played a round robin schedule, with the top four teams of the ...

where she nearly averaged a

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. As a member of the Spanish Youth National Team, Ndour-Fall's teams always won a medal in each tournament she played, including the bronze medal at the Under-18 European Championship for Women. Ndour-Fall started to play with the

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on 2014 when she was 20 years old, although she couldn't play the

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, since Spain opted to take

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, and

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Regulations establish that only one naturalized player per roster can participate in national teams competitions. In 2015, she was part of the Spanish roster that won the bronze medal at the

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and

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. Ndour-Fall was acquired from the

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by the Chicago Sky in exchange for

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in February 2017. In May 2017, Ndour-Fall was suspended by the Sky due to injury. In 2018 she signed for Turkish team

and in 2019 for Russian team

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WNBA

Ndour-Fall played for the

in the 2014 and 2016 WNBA seasons. She was traded to the

in 2017, and played for that team in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. In 2019, she averaged 17.5 minutes and 6.8 points per game in the regular season and 25.5 minutes and 16.5 points in the playoffs as a starter. Ending the season as a

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, she was re-signed and traded to the

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before the 2020 season. She was waived by the Wings after the season, and signed a one-year contract to return to the Sky.

Personal life

Ndour-Fall married Pape Fall in 2021.

Statistics

EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics

WNBA

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National team

Ndour-Fall started playing with

's youth teams at 16, winning a total of four medals from 2011 to 2014. She made her debut with the senior team in 2014, when she was 20 years old. Up to 2021, she had 75 caps, with 13.1 PPP and 7.2 RPP:http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Astou%20NDOUR/pid/88675/_//players.html * Silver medal icon

2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Latvian: 2011. gada FIBA pasaules čempionāts līdz 19 gadu vecumam) was the 10th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by ...

(''youth'') * Bronze medal icon

2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 28th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Poland from July 21–31. Lithuania were the defending champion. Spain won their third title. Tea ...

(''youth'') * Gold medal icon

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating team ...

(''youth'') * 4th

2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Czech: Mistrovství světa FIBA do 19 let 2013) was the 11th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national team ...

(''youth'') * Silver medal icon

2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Crete, Greece, from 8 to 20 July 2014. The winners were Turkey. To win the title they beat Spain with a score o ...

(''youth'') * Bronze medal europe

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2019 Eurobasket (''All-Tournament Team'', ''MVP'') * 7th 2021 Eurobasket * 6th

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References

External links

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ndour, Astou 1994 births Living people Basketball players from Dakar Spanish women's basketball players Senegalese women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Centers (basketball) Chicago Sky players Dallas Wings players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Naturalised citizens of Spain Olympic basketball players of Spain Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Spain Power forwards (basketball) San Antonio Stars draft picks San Antonio Stars players Senegalese emigrants to Spain Spanish expatriate basketball people in Italy Spanish expatriate basketball people in Turkey Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States Spanish people of Senegalese descent Spanish sportspeople of African descent Spanish women's 3x3 basketball players CB Islas Canarias players