Ousmane Diop | |
Position: | Center / Power forward |
Height M: | 2.04 |
Weight Kg: | 100 |
League: | LBA EuroLeague |
Team: | Olimpia Milano |
Number: | 25 |
Birth Date: | 19 February 2000 |
Birth Place: | Rufisque, Senegal |
Nationality: | Senegalese / Italian |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
Weight Lb: | 220 |
Career Start: | 2018 |
Years1: | 2018–2024 |
Team1: | Dinamo Sassari |
Years2: | 2018–2019 |
Team2: | → Dinamo Cagliari |
Years3: | 2019–2021 |
Team3: | → Basket Torino |
Years4: | 2024–present |
Team4: | Olimpia Milano |
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Ousmane Diop (born February 19, 2000) is a Senegalese professional basketball player who plays as a center for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega basket serie A and the EuroLeague. He is a player with a great physique and good athleticism, with his 6'7'' by 220 lb he is mainly able to play the role of center, but also that of power forward; he knows how to play both front and back to the basket.
He made his debut in Italy in the 2016–17 season of the Serie A2 league, in Pallacanestro Udine, a team with which, in the following season, he played in the play-offs of the East Group. In August 2018 he signed a four-year contract with the Dinamo Sassari.[1] [2]
Even though Diop hasn't got Italian citizenship, he has Italian formation.