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Yves-Marie Vérove (22 October 1949 – 5 June 2022) was a French basketball player and coach.


Biography

Vérove was born and grew up in
Grand-Fort-Philippe Grand-Fort-Philippe (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. History The commune of Grand-Fort-Philippe was created in 1884, but the town had existed for a long time before that. Heraldry Demography At the creation of t ...
. In 1968, his local basketball team experienced great success, and he was signed by A.S. Berck Baskt, where he stayed from 1969 to 1975. With Berck, he won three French Basketball Championships before joining
Caen Basket Calvados Caen Basket Calvados is a French basketball team located in the commune of Caen in Northwestern France. The club competes in LNB Pro B, France's second-division men's league. History Caen Basket Club (CBC) was founded in 1959 after the scrapping ...
in 1976. In 1979, he moved to
Limoges CSP Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges. History The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...
, with whom he won the
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in 1982. In 1984, he began his career as a player-coach with AS Berck, before moving to and
Étendard de Brest Étendard de Brest was a basketball club based in Brest, France, Brest, France. Their home arena was Salle Marcel Cerdan. Established in 1952, Brest played one season in the LNB Pro A, in 2005–06. After being relegated to the Nationale Masculine ...
. He retired from coaching in 2005 after leaving his job in Brest to . Vérove played in 32 games for the French national team from 1972 to 1976. He was the father of basketball players and . He died in Brest on 5 June 2022 at the age of 72.


References

1949 births 2022 deaths French men's basketball players French basketball coaches France national basketball team players Basketball players from Nord (French department) Power forwards Berck Basket Club players Caen Basket Calvados players Limoges CSP players 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-basketball-bio-stub