Gaston Essengué Explained

Gaston Essengué
Number:15
Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
Weight Lb:240
Team:San Isidro San Francisco
Birth Date:10 October 1983
Birth Place:Yaoundé, Cameroon
Nationality:Cameroonian
College:
Draft Year:2007
Career Start:2007
Years1:2007–2008
Team1:Selçuk Üniversitesi BK
Years2:2008–2009
Team2:West-Brabant Giants
Years3:2009–2010
Team3:Étendard de Brest
Years4:2010
Team4:Sigal Prishtina
Years5:2010
Team5:Étendard de Brest
Years6:2010
Team6:Cosehisa Monzón
Years7:2010
Team7:Ciclista Juninense
Years8:2010–2011
Team8:Club San Martín de Corrientes
Years9:2011
Team9:Perak Farmcochen
Years10:2011–2012
Team10:Asociación Italiana
Years11:2012–2013
Team11:Quilmes de Mar del Plata
Years12:2013–2014
Team12:San Isidro San Francisco
Years13:2014
Team13:Libertad de Sunchales
Years14:2014–2015
Team14:Club Alianza Viedma
Years15:2015–2016
Team15:San Isidro San Francisco
Years16:2016–2017
Team16:Comunicaciones Mercedes
Years17:2018
Team17:Estudiantes de Olavarría
Years18:2018
Team18:Municipal Puente Alto
Years19:2018
Team19:Quilmes de Mar del Plata
Years20:2019
Team20:Platense
Years21:2019
Team21:Sol de América
Years22:2019–2020
Team22:Oberá
Years23:2021
Team23:Ameghino
Years24:2022
Team24:Faraones de NCG
Years25:2022
Team25:Venados de Mazatlán
Years26:2022
Team26:Buras de Hermosillo

Gaston Essengué (born October 10, 1983) is a Cameroonian basketball power forward with Club Atletico Quilmes in the Argentina National League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national team. Essengué first attended Compton College and Weatherford College in Texas, where he graduated from in 2005. He then transferred to UNLV, from where he graduated in 2007.

Essengué joined Venados de Mazatlán of the CIBACOPA in mid-2022.[1] He signed with the Buras de Hermosillo of the Circuito de Baloncesto del Pacífico (CIBAPAC) later that year.[2]

National team career

Essengué won a silver medal with the Cameroon national team at AfroBasket 2007. Following AfroBasket 2015, where Cameroon finished in ninth place, he retired from the national team.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Gaston Essengue (ex Ameghino) joins Mazatlan. Afrobasket.com. May 1, 2022. November 7, 2022.
  2. News: Buras de Hermosillo, listos para su encuentro con Nogales Guinda este viernes. El Sol de Hermosillo. September 13, 2022. July 10, 2023. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20220927170705/https://www.elsoldehermosillo.com.mx/deportes/buras-de-hermosillo-listos-para-su-encuentro-con-nogales-guinda-este-viernes-8886359.html. September 27, 2022. live.
  3. News: Essengue se retire de l'équipe nationale du Cameroun. basketmali.com. August 30, 2015. July 10, 2023. fr.