Dieudonné Ndizeye Explained

Dieudonné Ndizeye
Number:34
Position:Small forward
Height M:2.03
League:Rwanda Basketball League
Team:Patriots
Birth Date:1996 10, df=y
Birth Place:Nyanza District, Rwanda
Nationality:Rwandan
Career Start:2015
Years1:2015–2017
Team1:IPRC-Kigali
Years2:2017–present
Team2:Patriots
Years3:2021
Team3:Cobra Sport
Years4:2022
Team4:REG
Years5:2023
Team5:→REG
Highlights:
  • RBL champion (2018–2020)
  • RBL MVP (2019)
  • 2× First-team All-RBL (2019, 2021)
  • 2× RBL All-Star (2021, 2022)

Dieudonné Ndayisaba Ndizeye (born 14 October 1996) is a Rwandan basketball player for REG and the Rwanda national team. He is a three-time RBL champion and a one-time league MVP winner in 2019. Ndizeye has played two seasons in the BAL as well.

Professional career

Ndizeye started his career with IPRC-Kigali in the National Basketball League in 2015.[1]

In 2017, Ndizeye joined Patriots BBC. He was named the national league MVP time in 2018–19 season.[2]

In November 2021, he joined the South Sudanese side Cobra Sport to play for them in the 2022 BAL qualifying tournaments.[3] He helped Cobra qualify for the BAL for the first time.

On February 14, 2022, Ndizeye was sent on loan to REG to play in the 2022 BAL season.[4] He stayed on the Patriots team for the Rwanda Basketball League games.

National team career

Since 2017, Ndizeye has been a member of the Rwanda national basketball team and has played in qualifying tournaments with his country.[5]

Ndizeye won the bronze medal of 2023 FIBA AfroCan with Rwanda, and was named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

BAL career statistics

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2021|style="text-align:left;"|Patriots| 6 || 6 || 28.4 || .338 || .343 || .750 || 5.0 || 1.8 || .7 || .5|| 11.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|2022|style="text-align:left;"|REG| 6 || 6 || 28.1 || .386 || .342 || 1.000 || 5.8 || 2.0 || .7 || .5 || 12.7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dieudonné Ndizeye: The rise of Patriots’ breakout star . Rwanda Nouvelles (Nouvelles Reader) . 29 May 2021 . FR.
  2. News: ‘I skipped lunch for training, hard work paid off’ – Ndizeye . 29 May 2021 . The New Times Rwanda . 2020-07-14 . en.
  3. News: Ndizeye joins South Sudan's Cobra Sport ahead of BAL qualifiers . 30 November 2021 . The New Times . 30 November 2021 . en.
  4. News: REG signs Dieudonné Ndizeye ahead of BAL 2022 . 16 February 2022 . The New Times Rwanda . 13 February 2022 . en.
  5. Web site: Dieudonne Ndayisaba Ndizeye (RWA) . FIBA.basketball . 29 May 2021 . en.
  6. Web site: MVP Franceschi headlines the 2023 FIBA AfroCan All-Tournament Team . 2023-07-21 . FIBA.basketball . en.