Je'Kel Reshard Foster (born July 22, 1983) is an American professional

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player for Benfica do Libolo of the

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College

Foster began his studies at Howard Junior College in

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. After a year, his basketball coach Chris Jans joined the Chipola Junior College at

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and took Foster with him. For further studies Foster then switched to the

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, where he played for the university team Buckeyes in the

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Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2006 NBA draft, he signed with

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of the

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for the 2006–07 season. For the 2007–08 season he signed with Paris-Levallois of the French

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. From 2008 to 2010 he played with

EWE Baskets Oldenburg Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG ...

. In July 2010, he signed with Triboldi Cremona of Italy for the 2010–11 season. In July 2011, he signed with

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. He played there till August 2012, when he was cut because of disciplinary reasons. In September 2012, he signed with

Spirou Charleroi Spirou Basket, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome which ...

of Belgium. He played there till December when he goes to

Alba Berlin Alba Berlin is a professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Uber Arena and c ...

where he was signed a week after Alba lost point guard,

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, to a season-ending knee injury. In October 2013, he signed with

JSF Nanterre Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club ...

. He left them in December 2013. On February 5, 2014, he signed with

Sidigas Avellino S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania. Founded in 1948, the team has been a regular in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the first tier of basketball in Italy, for 19 years (2000/01 to 2018/19). ...

of Italy for the rest of the season. On November 21, 2014, Foster signed with

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of Lebanon. However, he never played for the Lebanese club. On January 13, 2015, he signed with

Medi Bayreuth Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the ProA, the second-highest division of basketball in Ge ...

of Germany for the rest of the season. On December 9, 2015, he signed with

Guaros de Lara The Guaros de Lara is a Venezuelan professional basketball club, that is based in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela. Guaros de Lara BBC has existed as a club in various different forms since 1983. It has existed in its current form since 2003. The c ...

of the Venezuelan LPB. On March 1, 2016, he signed with ICL Manresa of Spain for the rest of the

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. On September 8, 2016, Foster signed in Angola with C.R.D. Libolo of the

References

External links

Euroleague.net profile

Eurobasket.com profile

Lega Basket Serie A profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, JeKel 1983 births Living people Alba Berlin players American expatriate basketball people in Angola American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela American men's basketball players Basketball players from Mississippi Bàsquet Manresa players C.R.D. Libolo basketball players Chipola Indians men's basketball players EWE Baskets Oldenburg players FC Bayern Munich basketball players Guaros de Lara players Howard Hawks men's basketball players Liga ACB players Medi Bayreuth players Riesen Ludwigsburg players Nanterre 92 players Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players Metropolitans 92 players Point guards S.S. Felice Scandone players Shooting guards Spirou Charleroi players Sportspeople from Natchez, Mississippi Vanoli Cremona players 21st-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen