Oladapo Kanyinsola "Dee" Ayuba (22 March 1986 – 2 January 2018) was a
British Nigerian
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basketball
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player (
forward).
Born in London, Ayuba spent four years of playing basketball for the
University of Missouri-Kansas City
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in the
NCAA
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. He began his professional European career for
Plannja Basket from 2007-08. He returned to play for
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. in the
Greek A2 Basket League.
After that, he played five seasons for the
Norrköping Dolphins
The Norrköping Dolphins are a professional basketball club from Norrköping, Sweden. It plays in the Basketligan, the highest league in Sweden and won the league six times. Home games of Norrköping are played at the Stadium Arena.
History
Th ...
, a season with
Uppsala Basket
Uppsala Basket is a Swedish basketball club based in Uppsala
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, and one season with
Jämtland Basket
KFUM Jämtland Basket is a basketball club founded in based in Östersund, Sweden. Founded in 1956, the team plays in the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), the Swedish top basketball league. Home games are played in the Östersunds Sporthall, which ...
. He played several seasons in the
Basketligan and won the Swedish Champion in Basketball award two times and participated in the European Cup Games with Norrköping Dolphins in 2012. By the time New Year 2018 had come and gone,
Tidigare SM-guldvinnaren död efter akut hjärtstopp
svt.se; accessed 6 January 2017. Ayuba was playing for the basketball department of Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
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from their 2016–17 season onward. He played for a season with Residence Walferdange (Luxembourg
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).
Death
Ayuba died in Luxembourg on 2 January 2018 from a heart attack, age 31.
References
External links
Eurobaskets profile of Ayuba
Svenska Basketball League Profile
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1986 births
2018 deaths
Basketball players from Greater London
English men's basketball players
English people of Nigerian descent
Forwards (basketball)
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
Jämtland Basket players
Kansas City Roos men's basketball players
Nigerian men's basketball players
Norrköping Dolphins players
Seminole State Trojans men's basketball players
Uppsala Basket players