Ousmane Barro (born 7 December 1984) is a Senegalese professional

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player who last played for

CSO Voluntari Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Voluntari 2005, commonly known as CSO Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian multi-sport club based in Voluntari who was founded at the initiative of the office of the Mayor of Voluntari. The club currently has 13 ...

of the Liga Națională. He played

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for

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College career

Barro started for three seasons while at Marquette and had his best year during the 2006-2007 season when he averaged 8.1 points per game and 6.9 rebounds per game, all while shooting 54.4% from the field.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2008 NBA Draft, Barro signed with Gornik Walbrzych in Poland. He averaged 11 points and 10 rebounds per game for the team in the 2008-09 season. For the 2009-10 season, he signed with Szolnoki Olaj in Hungary. He averaged 19.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 74% from the field. His career high for Olaj came against rivals

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, where he scored 45 points, gravbved ten rebounds, and also had four steals, one block, and an assist. The following season, 2010-11, Barro played in Iran for

Zob Ahan Isfahan BC Zob Ahan Basketball Club ( fa, باشگاه بسکتبال ذوب‌آهن اصفهان, ''Bashgah-e Beskâtbal-e Zubâhen Esfehan'') is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Isfahan, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super L ...

. He averaged a double double, and helped his team reach the finals, where they eventually lost to Marhan in game 5. In 2011-12, he signed with French team

JL Bourg Basket Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A. Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people. History In 2014, J ...

, and averaged 15 points, with 8.5 rebounds per game for the year. Barro's 2012-13 team was

BC Mureș Baschet Club Mureș, commonly known as BC Mureș, was a Romanian professional basketball team based in Târgu Mureș, Romania. The club was a member of the Liga Națională. They were often referred to as "The Tigers"; their home arena was nickn ...

in Romania, where he averaged 24 minutes per game, with 9 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 block. He helped Mureș take the first place during the regular season, and reach the finals for the first time in the club's history, where they lost to CSU Ploiești in game 6. Ploiești dissolved in 2015, and Mureș dissolved in 2018. In 2013-14 Barro signed with

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for the upcoming season. He averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds per game. He returned to

for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons, the first time where Barro didn't switch teams in consecutive summers. He averaged 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 block per game. For the next two seasons, Barro played in

U-BT Cluj-Napoca CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, competes in the Liga Națională. As other sports teams that ...

, winning the league in 2016-17 over Steaua Bucharest in the finals 3-0, and then losing versus Steaua in the 2017-18 semi-finals 2-3, having been 2-0 up in the tie. Barro averaged 10.5 points, and 6.5 rebounds per game. Leaving Romania after six seasons, Barro signed with Bulgarian club

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for the 2018-19 seasons. He had a down year, averaging only 6 points and 4 rebounds per contest. Returning to Romania to get back on track, he signed with

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for the 2019-20 season. He averaged nearly career-high numbers, his 14 points and 9 rebounds per game almost matching his numbers in Bourg, France. In 2020, Barro signed with

for the 2020-21 season. At the end of the year, he won his second Romanian title with the team, after defeating Cluj-Napoca in the finals. He extended his contract, staying for the 2021-22 campaign as well.

Awards and accomplishments

Club

;U-BT Cluj-Napoca * Liga Națională: (

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) * 2×

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: (2017, 2018) ;Voluntari * 2× Romanian Cup: (2021, 2022)

Individual

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