Johnny Berhanemeskel (born October 30, 1992) is a Canadian professional

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player for

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of the

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and the Champions League. Berhanemeskel plays at the

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position, and has previously played in Estonia, Spain, Germany and Greece. He played college basketball at the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (french: Université d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ottawa ...

College career

He played college basketball at the

, earning CIS Outstanding Player, First Team All-Canadian and OUA Player of the Year honors in his fifth year with the

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. Appearing in a total of 105 games over the span of his five-year career at Ottawa, Berhanemeskel averaged 19.0 points per contest. He was Ottawa's all-time leader in points scored (2000 points), and first in career three-pointers made (299) when he graduated.

Professional career

In August 2015, Berhanemeskel signed his first contract as a professional basketball player, joining

BC Tallinna Kalev Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the Audentes Sports Centre. History The team was fou ...

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. Averaging 20.5 points a game, he had an immediate scoring impact in the Estonian top-flight and also saw action in 14 games of the

Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Baltic L ...

, averaging 18.9 points per outing. For his efforts, he received

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All-Baltic League Import Player of the Year, Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League 1st Team and Eurobasket.com All-Estonian League Honorable Mention honors. The 2016-17 season saw him turn out 32 times for Araberri of the Spanish second-tier league

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, averaging 18.9 points per game, while earning Eurobasket.com All-Spanish LEB Gold 2nd Team distinction. Berhanemeskel signed with

Eisbären Bremerhaven Eisbären Bremerhaven ( en, Polar Bears Bremerhaven) is a professional basketball club from Bremerhaven, Germany, that competes in the ProA. The team was established as the professional section of the club BSG Bremerhaven and played in the first- ...

of the German elite league

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in July 2017. He was Bremerhaven's second-leading scorer, averaging 13.9 points a contest in the 2017-18 Bundesliga season. On July 4, 2018, Berhanemeskel signed a two-year deal with Tecnyconta Zaragoza of the

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

. After starting the 2019-20 season with Greek team Larisa B.C., he was signed by

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 ...

of the French top-flight

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in January 2020. He appeared in eight games of the French league, averaging 14.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per outing. Berhanemeskel signed with the Ottawa Blackjacks of the CEBL in June 2020. On September 18, he signed 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

. On March 11, 2021, Berhanemeskel re-signed with the Blackjacks. On July 9, 2021, Berhanemeskel signed with

Chorale Roanne Basket Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue an ...

of the

. On August 11, 2022, he has signed with

of the

and the Champions League.

National team career

Berhanemeskel represented Canada at the 2015 World University Games in

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. He also represented Team Canada at the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers in

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References

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