Pitchou Kambuy Manga Explained

Pitchou Kambuy Manga
Team:REG
Position:Center
League:RBL
BAL
Birth Date:12 December 1988
Nationality:Congolese
Height M:2.08
Birth Place:Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Weight Kg:115
Draft Year:2010
Years1:2011–2022
Team1:Mazembe
Years2:2022–present
Team2:REG
Highlights:
  • RBL champion (2022)
  • First-team All-RBL (2022)
Number:34

Pitchou Kambuy Manga (born 12 December 1988) is a Congolese basketball player who plays for REG of the Rwanda Basketball League. He also plays for the DR Congo men's national basketball team.

Professional career

From 2011, Kambuy Manga played for Mazembe and has several appearances in the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup with the team.[1]

In April, Kambuy Manga signed in Spain with CB Prat, Club Joventut Badalona's farm team,[2] but the deal did not manifest as Mazembe asked for a transfer sum.[3]

In February 2022, he joined REG of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL).[4] He was named to the All-RBL First Team for the 2021–22 season.[5] With REG, Kambuy Manga made his debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). On 14 March 2022, he had a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds in a win over US Monastir.[6]

National team career

Kambuy Manga represented DR Congo at AfroBasket tournaments in 2017 and 2021. He was the captain of his country at AfroCan 2019, where the Congo won a gold medal.[7] He averaged 8 points and 4.8 rebounds for his country in the tournament.[8]

References

  1. Web site: Pitchou Kambuy Manga - Player Profile . 2022-09-08 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  2. Web site: Pitchou Manga, pívot de 2.09, es la última incorporación del CB Prat Joventut . 2023-02-28 . Solobasket . es.
  3. Web site: Ballesteros . Xavi . Engany al Prat: Manga tenia un altre contracte - 29 nov 2011 . 2023-02-28 . L'Esportiu de Catalunya . ca.
  4. Web site: 2022-02-16 . BAL 2022: REG Signs Three Players Ahead Of Tournament . 2022-09-08 . KT PRESS . en-US.
  5. Web site: Sikubwabo . Damas . 2022-09-24 . Photos: Basketball: Axel Mpoyo named MVP as league winds up . 2022-10-02 . The New Times . en.
  6. Web site: Munyeshuri . Evode . 2022-03-15 . BAL: REG BBC's Manga Pitchou's Double Double Powers Them Past US Monastir. Ground Sports . 2023-02-28 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Democratic Republic of Congo claim FIBA AfroCan 2019 title . 2023-02-28 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  8. Web site: Pitchou KAMBUY MANGA at the FIBA AfroCan 2019 . 2023-02-28 . FIBA.basketball . en.