Yunss Prince Michel Akinocho (born 11 March 1987) is a Moroccan-French basketball player. He is also member of the Moroccan national basketball team.

Career

Born in

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, Akinocho first played professional basketball as an 18-year-old in the French League. In his most recent season, Akinocho averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over eleven games of action for Proveo Merlins Crailsheim in Germany. For the upcoming season, he has signed with Copenhagen sisu of the Danish League. Akinocho played with the

Morocco national basketball team The Morocco national basketball team represents Morocco in international basketball competitions. The team is governed by the Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation, also known as the FRMBB. The team has appeared at the FIBA AfroBasket 20 times an ...

at the

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. He played in all eight of Morocco's games, averaging 9.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. Prior to this, Akinocho played for the

France national basketball team The France men's national basketball team (french: Équipe de France de basketball) represents France in international basketball and is administered by the French Federation of Basketball. France is currently ranked fifth in the FIBA World Ran ...

in the 2003 European Championship for Cadets, helping the team to a fifth-place finish.

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