Bathiste Tchouaffé (born May 19, 1998 in

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) is a French professional

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player. He is currently playing for Champagne Basket of the French

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Early career

The product of a basketball family, both his mother and father played the game. Tchouaffé played in the youth sides of ASPTT Poitiers, PVBC Pouzioux Vouneuil Basket Club, CEP Poitiers and

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. From 2012 to 2016, he attended

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, the French National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance, averaging 12.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists a game in his final season (2015–16) in the NM1, the third tier of French basketball.

Professional career

In May 2016, he signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays ...

of the French elite league

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. Tchouaffé attended the 2018

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, recording two points in 9:11 minutes of play. On 3 August 2018, Tchouaffé signed a three-year contract with

JL Bourg Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A. Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people. History In 2014, J ...

. On June 20, 2019, he has loaned to

of the French

for one season in order to continue his development. In the 2020-21 season, Tchouaffé averaged 12.5 points a game for Pro B outfit Quimper, in the summer of 2021, he inked a deal with another second-division side,

Boulazac Basket Dordogne Boulazac Basket Dordogne, also known as BBD or simply Boulazac, is a French professional basketball club, based in Boulazac. The team currently plays in the LNB Pro A currently named Jeep Elite for sponsoring reason, the first level of basketball ...

. Tchouaffé signed with Champagne Basket of the LNB Pro B in June 2023.

National team career

He was a key part of the French under-16 national team that won gold at the 2014 European Championships, tallying 14.7 points, 4.4 boards, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per outing during the tournament. For his efforts, he was named to the

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All-European Championships U16 1st Team, alongside players like his teammate Kilian Tillie, Latvia's

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and Turkey's

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. In 2015, Tchouaffé was a member of the French squad that went third at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships in Hungary, and he also won the shoot out contest. He won gold at the 2016 U18 European Championships with France, averaging 10.0 points as well as 4.7 boards a game in the tournament. He competed for France in the

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, averaging 10.9 points a contest.

External links

Profile at lnb.fr

Profile at eurobasket.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tchouaffé, Bathiste 1998 births Living people Boulazac Basket Dordogne players French men's basketball players JL Bourg-en-Bresse players Nanterre 92 players Poitiers Basket 86 players Shooting guards Sportspeople from Poitiers