Axel Bouteille (born 14 February 1995) is a French professional
basketball
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player for
Türk Telekom
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of the
Basketbol Süper Ligi
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(BSL). He is a 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall
small forward
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.
He formed in
Élan Chalon
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, where he played from 2013 to 2017. He had good seasons in
ProA
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, and went on to play with the
France national basketball team
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, despite not being drafted in 2016.
In 2017 he signed for two seasons with the French club
CSP Limoges
Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges.
History
The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...
.
On 3 July 2019, his signing for
Bilbao Basket
Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilba ...
was made official.
In February 2020, he joined
Unicaja
Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, AlmerÃa, Málaga y Antequera'' after the n ...
until the end of the 2022 season.
On 15 July 2022 he signed with
Türk Telekom
Türk Telekom is a state-owned Turkish telecommunications company. Türk Telekom was separated from Turkish Post (PTT) in 1995.
Türk Telekom Group provides integrated telecommunication services for PSTN, GSM, and wide-band Internet. The Türk ...
of the
Basketbol Süper Ligi
The Basketball Super League ( tr, Basketbol Süper Ligi; BSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replac ...
(BSL).
Personal life
He is the son of former professional basketball player
Franck Bouteille.
References
External links
Liga Endesa Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouteille, Axel
1995 births
Living people
Baloncesto Málaga players
Bilbao Basket players
Élan Chalon players
French expatriate basketball people in Spain
French men's basketball players
Liga ACB players
Limoges CSP players
Small forwards
Sportspeople from Roanne