Robinson Opong | |
Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
Height M: | 1.91 |
Weight Kg: | 95 |
Number: | 14 |
Team: | City Oilers |
League: | Road to BAL |
Nationality: | Canadian / Ugandan |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1989 |
Birth Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
High School: | Cégep de Sainte-Foy, Quebec City |
College: |
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Draft Year: | 2014 |
Career Start: | 2015 |
Years1: | 2015–2016 |
Team1: | Saint John Mill Rats |
Years2: | 2017 |
Team2: | Antonine |
Years3: | 2017 |
Team3: | City Oilers |
Years4: | 2018 |
Team4: | Óbila |
Years5: | 2018 |
Team5: | Halifax Hurricanes |
Years6: | 2018 |
Team6: | Ferroviário da Beira |
Years7: | 2019 |
Team7: | Peñas Huesca |
Years8: | 2019–2020 |
Team8: | City Oilers |
Years9: | 2020 |
Team9: | Saskatchewan Rattlers |
Years10: | 2021 |
Team10: | Rivers Hoopers |
Years11: | 2022 |
Team11: | Obras Sanitarias |
Years12: | 2023 |
Team12: | City Oilers |
Years13: | 2024–present |
Team13: | City Oilers |
Robinson Odoch Opong (born 10 May 1989) is a Ugandan professional basketball player who last played for Rivers Hoopers of the Nigerian Premier League (NPL) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He also plays for the Uganda national basketball team.
On 11 April 2020, Opong signed with the Saskatchewan Rattlers of the Canadian CEBL.[1]
In April 2021, Opong signed with Rivers Hoopers to play in the 2021 BAL season. He replaced the injured Festus Ezeli.[2]
He played 17 games in Argentina in the 2022–23 season for Obras Sanitarias, before he was released on 27 December 2022.[3]
In November 2023, Opong joined City Oilers for a third stint.[4]
He represented Uganda at AfroBasket 2017, leading his team in minutes, points, and steals.[5]
|-| style="text-align:left;"|2021| style="text-align:left;"|Rivers Hoopers| 3 || 1 || 17.4 || .158 || .083 || – || 3.3 || 1.0 || .0 || .3 || 2.3|-| style="text-align:left;"|2024| style="text-align:left;"|City Oilers| 6 || 6 || 19.2 || .260 || .212 || .833 || 2.7 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 6.3