Landry Ndikumana (born 14 February 1995) is a Burundian

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player for Pazi and the Burundi national team. He is a 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall small forward and has played professionally in Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania. Ndikumana was the

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MVP and Playoffs MVP in the 2019 season.

Career

Ndikumana started his career with Burundian team

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and impressed in the FIBA Zone V Championships, winning MVP twice in a row. From 2015, Ndikumana played for the

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in Uganda and has been one of the most prominent players on the team. Ndikumana garnered regular season MVP honours in 2017, and won Playoffs MVP in 2018. In October 2021, he was on the roster of

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on loan from

for the

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. In September 2023, Ndikumana played for Tanzanian club Pazi in the 2024 BAL qualification.

References

External links

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1995 births Living people Burundian basketball players Burundian expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania Burundian expatriate sportspeople in Uganda City Oilers players Expatriate basketball people in Uganda Expatriate basketball people in Tanzania New Star BBC players Pazi BBC players Small forwards Urunani BBC players 21st-century Burundian people {{Burundi-basketball-bio-stub