Meshack Lufile (born October 21, 1992) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Reading Rockets of the NBL. Born in

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Lufile made his professional debut with Aris Leeuwarden of the

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. In July 2020, Meshack launched his official website to keep fans up to date about his career.

Professional career

On June 16, 2016, Lufile signed with Aris Leeuwarden of the

. Lufile re-signed for a second year with Aris in July 2017. On November 9, 2017, Lufile was released by Aris. On December 30, 2017, Lufile signed with the Island Storm, a team based out of his native country in the National Basketball League of Canada. He joined the

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in 2018. He joined the Guelph Nighthawks of the

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for its inaugural season in 2019. Lufile joined

CSM Miercurea Ciuc Clubul Sportiv Municipal Miercurea Ciuc ( hu, Városi Sportklub Csíkszereda), commonly known as CSM Miercurea Ciuc ( hu, VSK Csíkszereda) or simply Miercurea Ciuc ( hu, Csíkszereda), is a Romanian basketball club based in Miercurea Ciuc, curr ...

of the Romanian league in 2019. He averaged 16.2 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. On August 23, 2021, Lufile signed with the Reading Rockets of the English NBL.

Personal life

Meshack's brothers Chadrack Lufile and Abednego Lufile are professional basketball players as well. Abednego Lufile currently plays for the London Lightning in London, Canada. Meshack Lufile also has a younger brother named Elijah Lufile who is on a basketball scholarship at Oral Roberts University of the NCAA I.

References

1992 births Living people Aris Leeuwarden players Basketball people from Ontario Canadian expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England Canadian expatriate basketball people in Romania Canadian men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) players Halifax Hurricanes players Island Storm players Guelph Nighthawks players Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario Black Canadian sportspeople Canadian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub