Kuany Ngor Kuany (born 8 July 1994) is a South Sudanese-Australian

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player who last played for

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of the Finnish League and

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Professional career

Born in

Aweil, South Sudan Aweil is a city located in South Sudan. It is the capital of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state and the administrative centre of Aweil Center County. It is also a service centre for the surrounding villages. Refugees, war displaced returnees, nomadic c ...

, Kuany moved to

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, Australia at age 9. Kuany started his professional career in 2017 with the

Cairns Taipans The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team based in Cairns, Queensland. The Taipans compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Cairns Convention Centre, known colloquially as "The S ...

of the NBL. He stayed there for two seasons. On 20 December 2018, Kuany had a career-high 10 points in a home loss to the

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. In the 2018–19 season, Kuany played with the

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in the

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. There, he averaged 17.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. On 15 September 2019, Kuany signed with the Sydney Kings. On 27 November, he was delisted from the roster by the Kings after the team acquired

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. In 2021, Kuany returned to the NBL1 to play with the

Sandringham Sabres Sandringham Sabres is a NBL1 South club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Southern Basketball Association (SBA), the major administrative basketball organisatio ...

, where he averaged 20.2 points per game in 12 games. In September, 2021, Kuany signed for Vrijednosnice Osijek of the Croatian League and the

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National team career

Kuany has played for the

South Sudan national basketball team The South Sudan men's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing South Sudan. It was established in May 2011, and became a member of FIBA in December 2013. They are nicknamed the Bright Stars. The most recently founde ...

. At

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, he contributed 11.8 points and 5.5 rebounds as a starter, helping the team reach the quarterfinals in its first major tournament. In August 2023, Kuany was named in the South Sudan squad for the

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. In 2024, Kuany not only was named the captain of the South Sudan national basketball team, but he would also be the co-flag bearer for South Sudan in the

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alongside track and field athlete

Lucia Moris Lucia William Moris (born 23 March 2001) is an athlete from South Sudan who specialises in the 100 and 200 metre races. Biography In June 2021, under the universality rule within the Olympic qualifying criteria which allows smaller nations wit ...

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Kuany Kuany
at Proballers * 1994 births Living people Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States Australian men's basketball players Australian people of South Sudanese descent Ballarat Miners players Cairns Taipans players Chaminade Silverswords men's basketball players Kauhajoen Karhu players KK Vrijednosnice Osijek players Sandringham Sabres players Shooting guards South Sudanese men's basketball players South Sudanese emigrants to Australia Sydney Kings players Basketball players from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state) 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players South Sudan men's national basketball team players South Sudanese expatriate basketball people in Finland Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for South Sudan 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{SouthSudan-basketball-bio-stub