Judicaël Romaric Belemene Dzabatou (born February 19, 1997 in
Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire (; kg, Njinji, french: Ndjindji with the letter d following French spelling standards) is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department since 2004. Before t ...
) is a Congolese professional
basketball player for
Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto of the Spanish
LEB Oro.
Career
Belemene hails from the Republic of the Congo. As a teenager, he attended the
Serge Ibaka Camp and then joined the Spanish club
Unicaja as a 14-year-old. He played in Unicaja’s youth set-up and in 2013 earned himself a spot on the roster of the club’s second men’s team. He made quite an impression his first year, averaging 9.3 points and 5.6 boards per contest in
EBA play. Belemene also saw playing time at
Clinicas Rincón in the
LEB Oro, the second tier of basketball in Spain. In the course of the 2014-15 campaign, Belemene made his debut on Unicaja’s first team in the top league
ACB, while mainly seeing playing time at Clinicas Rincón. He made a leap forward statistically at Rincón in 2015-16, scoring 14.9 points per outing to go along with 5.6 rebounds a game in 34 appearances in the
LEB Plata.
He was an early entry candidate for the
2016 NBA draft, but decided to withdraw his name from consideration. In July 2016, he inked a two-year deal with ACB side
Bàsquet Manresa.
On July 24, 2018, he parted ways with
Unicaja of the
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
.
On June 24, 2019 he has signed deal with
Legia Warszawa of the
PLK. Returning to Spain in early 2020, Belemene joined
Club Melilla Baloncesto
Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons.
The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known as ...
of the
LEB Oro, in the summer of 2020, he signed with fellow LEB Oro side
Básquet Coruña
Club Básquet Coruña, more commonly referred by its sponsorship name of Leyma Básquet Coruña, is a professional basketball team based in A Coruña, Galicia. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.
History
CB Coruña was founded in 1996 a ...
before moving to
Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto prior to the 2021-22 campaign.
External links
Profile at eurobasket.com
References
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Republic of the Congo men's basketball players
Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in Spain
1997 births
Living people
Baloncesto Málaga players
Bàsquet Manresa players
Liga ACB players
People from Pointe-Noire
Oviedo CB players
Forwards (basketball)
CB Breogán players
Club Melilla Baloncesto players
Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in Poland