Romain Duport Explained

Romain Duport
Position:Center
Height Ft:7
Height In:1.43
Weight Lbs:254
League:LNB Pro A
Team:Champagne Châlons-Reims
Number:45
Birth Date:10 December 1986
Birth Place:Angers
Nationality:French
Draft Year:2008
Career Start:2004
Years1:2004–2010
Team1:Le Havre
Years2:2010–2011
Team2:Cholet
Years3:2011–2016
Team3:Strasbourg
Years4:2016–2017
Team4:Limoges
Years5:2017–present
Team5:Champagne Châlons-Reims

Romain Duport (born 10 December 1986) is a French professional basketball player for Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket of the French League.

Amateur career

Born in Angers, France, Duport developed his basketball abilities through the Youth academies of Cholet Basket, Angers BC 49 and mainly STB Le Havre. With the Youth team of STB Le Havre, he won the French Pro A Youth team championship in 2007 and was named in the All French Pro A Youth First Team.

Professional career

Romain Duport started its professional debuts with Le Havre in the 2004–05 season making one appearance on the court. His minutes with the professional team slowly increased through the seasons up to 17 minutes in the 2009–2010 season. However, he suffered injuries and played only 9 games with Le Havre for his last season with the club. For the 2010–2011 season, he joined the 2010 French champion Cholet Basket. He was mainly selected due to its rare height (7'1) in French Pro A championship and to allow Cholet Basket to have a real Big Man in its roster to play against other centers of the Euroleague.

On 7 September 2016 Duport signed with Limoges CSP.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.limogescsp.com/csp-pro-actualites-details/items/le-pivot-romain-duport-nouvelle-recrue-du-limoges-csp.html Le pivot Romain DUPORT nouvelle recrue du Limoges CSP