Max Martial Kouguère (born 12 March 1987) is a Central African professional

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player who last played for

Bangui Sporting Club Bangui Sporting Club is a Central African basketball team based in Bangui. the team plays in the Bangui Basketball League (LBBB) and has won the championship in 2022. Founded in 2017 as GIBA-BCAGS, under former International player Cyrille Dama ...

. He is a member of the

Central African Republic national basketball team The Central African Republic national basketball team is administered by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Basketball. The team won the African Basketball Championship twice. It became the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Bas ...

Professional career

Before signing with

Olympique Antibes Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the French seco ...

for the 2009–10 season, Kouguère played for fellow French League team BCM Gravelines. He rarely saw action, playing only 64 minutes spread out over 11 games during the season. Despite this, the Kouguère gained a cult following in France through his dunking ability and participation in several slam dunk contests in France. On 23 September 2021, Kouguere signed with Belgian club

Phoenix Brussels Brussels Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as Circus Brussels Basketball, is a professional basketball club based in Brussels, Belgium. The team plays in the BNXT League. Home games are played at the Sports Complex Neder-Over-Heembeek. Fo ...

of the BNXT League. In October 2022, Kouguere played for

in the

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. He made his debut on 12 October against Espoir.

National team career

Kouguère was a member of the

that finished sixth at the

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, averaging 9.3 PPG.

References

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