Aboubakar Gakou Explained

Aboubakar Gakou
Number:14
Position:Power forward
Height M:2.01
League:BAL
Angolan Basketball League
Team:Petro de Luanda
Birth Date:1997 5, df=y
Birth Place:Angola
Nationality:Angolan
Career Start:2015
Years1:2015–present
Team1:Petro de Luanda
Highlights:

Aboubakar Pedro Gakou (born 27 May 1997) is an Angolan basketball player who plays for Petro de Luanda and the Angola national team. Standing at, he plays as power forward.

Gakou started his career with Petro in 2015 and has won four national championships with the team since, while being a two-time MVP winner as well. He won his first BAL championship in 2024.

Professional career

Gakou started playing basketball only at age 17.[1] A year later, in 2015, he was a prospect on the roster of Petro de Luanda. He won his first Angolan championship in 2019. Gakou was named the league's Most Valuable Player of the 2020–21 season after winning his second championship with the team.[2] He was forced to miss the 2021 BAL season after he tested positive for COVID-19, making it impossible for him to join the bubble.

In the 2021–22 season, Gakou helped Petro win the national treble. He also helped his team reach the 2022 BAL Finals, where the team lost to US Monastir. On May 27, Gakou was named to the BAL All-Defensive Team.[3]

Gakou won his fourth consecutive Angolan League title in 2023, and was named league MVP for a second time.[4]

On May 12, 2024, Gakou was named the Angolan Basketball League Regular Season MVP, the same day after Petro won a fifth straight title.[5] [6] On June 1, he won his first BAL championship.[7]

National team career

Internationally, Gakou has played for the Angola national basketball team. He was on the roster for AfroBasket 2021.[8]

Awards and accomplishments

Club

Petro de Luanda

(2024)

Individual

(2022)

(2024)

(2024)

BAL career statistics

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2022|style="text-align:left;"|Petro de Luanda| 8 || 8 || 20.6 || .446 || .344 || .923 || 5.3 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 9.1|-|style="text-align:left;"|2023|style="text-align:left;"|Petro de Luanda| 8 || 8 || 18.8 || .355 || .344 || .727 || 4.0 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 6.9|-|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2024†|style="text-align:left;"|Petro de Luanda| 8 || 6 || 22.7 || .400 || .222 || .739 || 5.8 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 8.4

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gakou adamant that Petro's BAL time is coming . 2022-08-04 . The BAL . en.
  2. News: Aboubakar Gakou MVP of 43rd national basketball championship - ANGOP . 8 May 2021 . Agência Angola Press . en.
  3. News: José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year . 30 May 2022 . The BAL . en.
  4. News: 2023-04-19 . Petro win national basketball championship . Angop.ao . 2023-04-22.
  5. Web site: Basketball - Childe Dundão… . 2024-05-13 . Angop - Agência Angola Press . en.
  6. Web site: Da Silva . Juscelino . 2024-05-12 . Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Basquetebol: Petro de Luanda revalida título e conquista o Penta . 2024-05-13 . Jornal de Angola . pt.
  7. Web site: 2024-06-01 . Petro de Luanda are the 2024 BAL Champions . 2024-06-02 . The BAL . en.
  8. Web site: Angola at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.