Emanuel Ion Cățe (born 30 July 1997) is a Romanian

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player for

U BT Cluj-Napoca CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, competes in the Liga Națională (men's basketball), Liga Na� ...

of the Liga Națională and the

Romanian national team The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), also ...

Professional career

In April 2018, Cățe declared for the

2018 NBA draft The 2018 NBA Draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including inte ...

. During the 2019-20 season, he averaged 6.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. On 13 June 2020 Cățe re-signed with UCAM Murcia. On July 3, 2022, he signed with

of the Liga Națională.

International career

Cățe plays for the

Romanian national basketball team The Romania men's national basketball team ( ro, Echipa națională de baschet a României) represents Romania in international basketball competition. The team is administered by the Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB). Romania has qualified ...

, which he participated with at the

EuroBasket 2017 EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar ...

.EuroBasket 2017 profile
/ref> At age 20, he appeared in five of the six group stage game of Romania, averaging 10.6 minutes and 1.0 point per game.

References

External links

ACB profile

FEB.es profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cate, Emanuel 1997 births Living people Basketball players from Bucharest CB Murcia players CB Prat players Centers (basketball) CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball) players Liga ACB players Real Betis Baloncesto players Real Madrid Baloncesto players Romanian expatriate basketball people in Spain Romanian men's basketball players