Michael Umeh (born 18 September 1984) is a Nigerian-American professional

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player who last played for

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of the French LNB Pro A. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Nigeria because both of his parents immigrated from Nigeria.

Career

Umeh played high school basketball at Hightower High School in Houston. He played college basketball at the

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). Umeh played professionally for the basketball team LTi Giessen 46ers. For the 2010–11 season played for

CB Murcia UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes. History Founded in 1985 u ...

in Spain after winning the

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play-off finals with ViveMenorca in the previous one. With Murcia, clinched a new promotion to Liga ACB and in 2011 signed with CB Valladolid, but after some weeks, Umeh leaves the team and joins

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of Basketball Bundesliga. Umeh signed with

in February 2020 and resigned with the team on May 31. On May 31, 2020, he has signed a contract extension with ESSM Le Portel for 2020–21 season. He also plays for the

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. He represented Nigeria at the 2009 African Championship.

References

1984 births Living people African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in basketball American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Israel American men's basketball players American sportspeople of Nigerian descent Aquila Basket Trento players Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Houston BC Avtodor Saratov players CB Murcia players CB Valladolid players Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games ESSM Le Portel players Giessen 46ers players Ironi Nahariya players Lega Basket Serie A players Liga ACB players Menorca Bàsquet players New Basket Brindisi players Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Spain Nigerian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Nigeria Shooting guards UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball players Virtus Bologna players {{Nigeria-basketball-bio-stub