Pape Moustapha Diop Explained

Pape Moustapha Diop
Position:Power forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
League:Nationale Masculine 2
Team:Andrezieux
Birth Date:1996 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Dakar, Senegal
Nationality:Senegalese
College:Cape Breton (2017–2018)
Draft Year:2018
Career Start:2018
Years1:2018–2019
Team1:Tallinna Kalev
Years2:2018–2021
Team2:AS Douanes
Years3:2021
Team3:DUC
Years4:2021–2022
Team4:Joeuf-Homécourt Basket
Years5:2022–present
Team5:Andrezieux
Highlights:
  • NM1 champion (2018, 2019, 2021)
  • 2× NM1 MVP (2018, 2019)
  • NM1 Finals MVP (2019)
  • Senegalese Cup winner (2019)
  • Senegalese Cup MVP (2019)

Pape Moustapha Diop (born 1 January 1996) is a Senegalese basketball player. He plays for the Senegal national basketball team and Andrezieux in France.

College career

A Dakar native,[1] Diop played college basketball in Canada for Cape Breton University of Sydney. He averaged 2.5 points in 12.5 minutes per game in the 2017–18 season.[2] On January 13, 2018, Diop scored a career-high 11 points in a 114–93 loss against UNB.[3]

Professional career

Diop played for the Estonian Side BC Tallinna Kalev in the 2018–19 season,[4] he averaged 1.25 points, 0.75 rebound and 0.25 assists per game.[5] [6]

In 2019, Diop returned to Senegal to play for AS Douanes. On November 4, 2019, he was named the MVP of the Senegalese Basketball Cup after a 28 points and 13 rebounds performance in the final.[7] In the same season, he also won the Nationale 1 title and was named the league's Finals MVP.[8]

In 2021, he transferred to DUC Dakar.[9]

In the 2021–22 season, Diop plays for Joeuf-Homécourt Basket in the National Masculine 2, the French fourth tier level. He scored 37 points in his debut against Étoile Charleville-Mézières.[10]

National team career

Diop represented the Senegal national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification where he averaged 2 points, 2.3 rebound and 0.5 assists per game.[11] He also played at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 3 points, 1 rebound and 0.2 assists per game.[12] Diop also played at FIBA AfroBasket 2021, helping the team win a bronze medal.

Notes and References

  1. 2017-10-27 . Tigers top Capers 88-71 . en.
  2. Web site: Cape Breton Athletics . 2022-07-22 . Cape Breton Athletics . en.
  3. Web site: UNB vs. Cape Breton - Box Score - 1/13/2018 . 2022-07-22 . Cape Breton Athletics . en.
  4. Web site: Tallinna Ulikool/Kalev Rosters . basketball.realgm.com.
  5. Web site: Pape Moustapha Diop . basketball.realgm.com.
  6. Web site: Pape Diop . proballers.com.
  7. News: Coupe du Sénégal - MVP, Top scoreur et rebondeur de la finale : Le Roi a confirmé ! . 10 August 2021 . Basket 221 . 4 November 2019 . fr-FR.
  8. Web site: Pape Moustapha Diop, MVP de la finale : «Le discours du coach nous a remotivés» - Basketsenegal. 21 October 2019. 14 November 2019.
  9. News: DUC : Les nouveaux venus Pape Moustapha Diop (20 pts) et Bassirou Bâ (19 pts) ont assuré pour leur première ! . 28 August 2021 . Basket 221 . 13 January 2021 . fr-FR.
  10. News: France : Pape Moustapha Diop inscrit 36 points pour son premier match avec son nouveau club . 10 November 2021 . wiwsport . 22 September 2021 . fr-FR.
  11. Web site: Pape Diop . fiba.basketball.
  12. Web site: Pape Diop . fiba.basketball.