Romain Duport (born 10 December 1986) is a French professional
basketball player for
Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket
Champagne Basket is a French professional basketball club that is based in both the cities of Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne. The club was established in 2010 as part of the union between the old clubs of Reims Champagne Basket club (RCB) and the ...
of the
French League The French League (: "French League for purging, mutual aid and European collaboration") was a collaborationist French movement founded by Pierre Costantini in September 1940. Its journal was entitled '' L'Appel''.
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Amateur career
Born in
Angers,
France, Duport developed his basketball abilities through the Youth academies of
Cholet Basket,
Angers BC 49
The Nationale Masculine 1, abbreviated as NM1, (English: National Male 1), is the professional level third-tier division of men's club basketball in France. The two top teams from each season of the competition are promoted to the LNB Pro B, whic ...
and mainly
STB Le Havre. With the Youth team of
STB Le Havre, he won the
French Pro A Youth team championship in 2007 and was named in the All
French Pro A Youth First Team.
Professional career
Romain Duport started its professional debuts with
Le Havre in the 2004–05 season making one appearance on the court. His minutes with the professional team slowly increased through the seasons up to 17 minutes in the 2009–2010 season. However, he suffered injuries and played only 9 games with
Le Havre for his last season with the club. For the 2010–2011 season, he joined the 2010 French champion
Cholet Basket. He was mainly selected due to its rare height (7'1) in French
Pro A championship and to allow
Cholet Basket to have a real
Big Man in its roster to play against other centers of the
Euroleague.
On 7 September 2016 Duport signed with
Limoges CSP.
Le pivot Romain DUPORT nouvelle recrue du Limoges CSP
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External links
Romain Duport profile
on LNB.fr
Romain Duport profile
on Cholet Basket website
1986 births
Living people
Champagne Basket players
Cholet Basket players
French men's basketball players
SIG Strasbourg players
Sportspeople from Angers
STB Le Havre players
Centers (basketball)
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