| Yakuba Ouattara | |
| Position: | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Number: | 24 |
| League: | LNB Pro A EuroLeague |
| Team: | Paris Basketball |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian / French |
| Birth Date: | January 24, 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Tepa, Ghana |
| Draft Year: | 2014 |
| Career Start: | 2012 |
| Years1: | 2012–2014 |
| Team1: | Élan Chalon |
| Years2: | 2014–2015 |
| Team2: | Denain-Voltaire |
| Years3: | 2015–2017 |
| Team3: | Monaco |
| Years4: | 2017–2018 |
| Team4: | Long Island Nets |
| Years5: | 2018–2020 |
| Team5: | Monaco |
| Years8: | 2020–2021 |
| Team8: | Real Betis |
| Years9: | 2021–2024 |
| Team9: | AS Monaco |
| Years10: | 2024–present |
| Team10: | Paris Basketball |
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Billy Yakuba Ouattara (born January 24, 1992, in Tepa, Ghana) is a Ghanaian-French professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.
Ouattara first began his professional career out in France with the Élan Chalon of the LNB Pro A in 2012 as a 20-year-old. He played with that team for two seasons before signing a one-year deal with the ASC Denain-Voltaire PH, who were a part of the LNB Pro B at that time. During that year, he helped the team make it to the LNB Pro B Finals before ultimately losing the series to Hyères-Toulon Var Basket. On July 24, 2015, Ouattara signed with the AS Monaco Basket out in Monaco, returning to the Pro A that year.[1] During his second season at Monaco, Ouattara was named a French Pro A All-Star and helped Monaco win the Leaders Cup Championship over the ASVEL Basket in 2017.
Ouattara signed a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA on July 21, 2017, becoming the first foreign born player to sign a two-way deal with an NBA team. Under the terms of the deal, he would have planned to split time between the Brooklyn Nets and their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, with a majority of his time being spent with the Long Island affiliate team.[2] However, due to injury problems throughout the year, he would never get a chance to play with the Brooklyn Nets squad, having only played in one G League game with the Long Island Nets during that time. On December 17, 2017, Ouattara was waived by the Nets.[3] On January 17, 2018, Ouattara was reacquired by the Long Island Nets.[4]
On March 30, 2018, Ouattara signed for the remainder of the 2017–18 season with Monaco.[5]
On July 17, 2020, he signed with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB.[6]
On July 20, 2021, he signed with AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A. AS Monaco also plays in the EuroLeague[7]
On August 7, 2024, he signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A.[8]
Because of the unavailability of a Ghanaian national team, he has been a member of the French national team.[9]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021-22| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Monaco| 30 || 21 || 14.2 || .500 || .500 || .727 || 1.9 || .3 || .3 || .0 || 4.1 || 3.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022-23| 35 || 15 || 11.2 || .460 || .354 || .500 || 1.0 || .3 || .4 || || 3.7 || 2.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023-24| 26 || 20 || 11.9 || .513 || .479 || .714 || 1.5 || .1 || .2 || .0 || 4.2 || 3.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 91 || 56 || 12.4 || .488 || .434 || .654 || 1.4 || .2 || .3 || .0 || 4.0 || 3.0
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013-14| style="text-align:left;"| Élan Chalon| 8 || 0 || 6.1 || .429 || .167 || || .9 || .4 || .1 || || 1.6 || 0.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018-19| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Monaco| 14 || 7 || 24.0 || .429 || .469 || .824 || 3.4 || 1.1 || .6 || .1 || 10.4 || 9.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019-20| 16 || 4 || 22.9 || .451 || .441 || .640 || 3.1 || .8 || .7 || .2 || 9.0 || 8.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 38 || 11 || 19.8 || .439 || .392 || .714 || 2.7 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 8.0 || 7.2
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016-17| style="text-align:left;"| Monaco| 16 || 15 || 24.0 || .458 || .389 || .682 || 2.6 || .7 || .9 || .1 || 10.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 16 || 15 || 24.0 || .458 || .389 || .682 || 2.6 || .7 || .9 || .1 || 10.4
| Year | Team | League | ||||||||||
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| 3 | 3.7 | .400 | 1.0 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| 15 | 5.9 | .385 | .308 | .714 | .5 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 2.6 | |||
| 41 | 17.8 | .456 | .309 | .803 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .5 | .2 | 9.1 | |||
| 38 | 26.3 | .510 | .382 | .688 | 2.9 | .9 | .9 | .2 | 12.4 | |||
| 32 | 23.9 | .514 | .400 | .782 | 3.3 | .9 | .7 | .1 | 11.8 | |||
| 1 | 21.0 | .583 | .667 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | ||||
| 12 | 15.7 | .427 | .176 | .765 | 2.0 | .3 | .5 | .2 | 7.4 | |||
| 39 | 25.3 | .463 | .421 | .746 | 3.7 | 1.3 | .7 | .3 | 11.5 | |||
| 25 | 25.4 | .458 | .418 | .625 | 4.4 | .6 | .6 | .3 | 11.0 | |||
| 30 | 22.2 | .438 | .308 | .811 | 4.1 | .6 | .9 | .0 | 9.1 | |||
| 43 | 20.9 | .470 | .402 | .800 | 2.9 | .6 | .5 | .1 | 7.0 | |||
| 38 | 17.7 | .478 | .388 | .857 | 2.0 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 7.0 | |||
| 40 | 17.5 | .430 | .333 | .719 | 2.2 | .5 | .4 | .0 | 6.0External links |