Rolly Fula Nganga Explained

Rolly Fula Nganga
Number:15
Position:Shooting guard
Height M:1.98
League:BAL
Team:Bangui Sporting Club
Birth Date:1993 2, df=y
Birth Place:Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Nationality:Congolese
Team1:ASB Soyo de Matadi
Team2:SCTP
Team3:Ravens
Years4:2014–2018
Team4:Mazembe
Years5:2018–2019
Team5:Dalia Sportive de Grombalia
Years6:2019
Team6:Mazembe
Years7:2021–2022
Team7:Espoir Fukash
Highlights:
Years8:2022
Team8:Bangui Sporting Club
Years9:2023
Team9:APR
Years10:2023–present
Team10:Bangui Sporting Club

Rolly Fula Nganga (born 2 February 1993) is a Congolese basketball player, who plays for APR, Bangui Sporting Club and the Democratic Republic of the Congo national team. Standing at, he plays as shooting guard.[1]

Career

Fula Nganga started his career playing for ASB Soyo de Matadi, SCTP and Ravens,[2] before signing with Mazembe in 2014. He stayed there for four years, winning the Cup of Congo three times (2014, 2017 and 2018). After that, Fula played with Dalia Sportive de Grombalia in Tunisia for one season. In 2019, he returned to Mazembe to play in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[3]

In March 2020, Fula signed with GS Pétroliers in Algeria to play in the 2020 BAL season.[4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the season was cancelled and Fula never played for the team.

In October 2021, Fula was on the roster of Espoir Fukash during the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[5] He scored 29 points in the decisive game against AS Police, to help the team qualify for the 2022 BAL season.[6] On April 19, 2022, Fula scored a game-high 29 points in Espoir's first-ever league win over Cape Town.[7] In the 2022 BAL regular season, he averaged a team-high 18.4 points per game on 40.2% shooting from the field, along with 5.6 rebounds.

In November 2022, he was on the roster of Bangui Sporting Club during the 2023 Road to BAL.

In January 2023, Fula Nganga signed with APR of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL).[8] He won the 2023 RBL championship, APR's first title in 14 years.[9]

In October 2023, Fula Nganga returned to Bangui Sporting Club for a second Road to BAL tournament. This time, he helped Bangui to successfully qualify for the 2024 BAL season. On 5 November 2023, he scored the game-winning three pointer in the West Division final against FUS Rabat.[10] Fula Nganga averaged a career-high 20.2 points per game, 3.2 rebounds, and 2 steals per game while shooting 47.8% from three-point range.

National team career

Fula Nganga was a member of the DR Congo national basketball team, and helped the team win the gold medal at FIBA AfroCan 2019, contributing 17 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.[11]

BAL career statistics

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2022|style="text-align:left;"|Espoir Fukash| 5 || 4 || 32.5 || .402 || .317 || .750 || 5.6 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .4 || 18.4|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:left;"|2024|style="text-align:left;"|Bangui SC| 6 ||6 || 37.6 || .524 || .478 || .688 || 3.2 || 1.5 || 2.0 || 0.7 || 20.2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rolly Fula Nganga Player Profile. basketball.realgm.com. 16 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Basketball /Covid-19 : « Ce confinement peut sérieusement affecter le morale » (Rolly Fula Nganga) . Actualite.cd . 18 December 2021 . fr . 23 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Qui est Rolly Fula, le congolais qui fait la force du BC Mazembe ?. LeCoindole. 16 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Congolese forward Fula to GSP. 29 February 2020. 16 March 2020.
  5. Web site: BC Espoir Fukash at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021 . FIBA.basketball . 31 October 2021 . en.
  6. News: Espoir Fukash beat AS Police in overtime, qualify to BAL 2022 . 16 December 2021 . FIBA.basketball . 16 December 2021 . en.
  7. Web site: BC Espoir Fukash (CONGO) . 2022-08-04 . The BAL . en.
  8. Web site: Sikubwabo . Damas . 2023-01-13 . Basketball: Congolese guard Fula Nganga signs for APR . 2023-01-18 . The New Times . en.
  9. Web site: Sikubwabo . Damas . 2023-09-09 . PHOTOS: Basketball: APR clinch first championship in 14 years . 2023-09-10 . The New Times . en.
  10. Web site: 2023-11-05 . Bangui win West Division Elite 16 . 2023-11-06 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  11. News: Rolly FULA NGANGA at the FIBA AfroCan 2019 . 18 December 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.