Danny Agbelese

Danny Akintunde Agbelese[1] (born March 13, 1990) is an American-Nigerian[2][3] professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. After two years at Collin College, and two years at Hampton, Agbelese entered the 2012 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

Danny Agbelese
Promitheas Patras
PositionCenter / Power forward
LeagueGreek Basket League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1990-03-14) March 14, 1990
Lanham, Maryland
NationalityAmerican / Nigerian
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight236 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2012 / Undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013Esteghlal Qeshm
2013Unión Atlética
2013–2014Wanderers Paysandú
2014–2015Guadalajara
2015Rethymno
2015Ourense
2015–2016Gipuzkoa Basket
2016–2017Enel Brindisi
2017Pau-Orthez
2017–2018Gipuzkoa Basket
2018–2019Holargos
2019–2020Kolossos Rodou
2020–presentPromitheas Patras
Career highlights and awards
  • Greek League blocks leader (2019)
  • 2x Greek League All Star (2019, 2020)

High school career

Agbelese played high school basketball at Massanutten Military Academy, in Woodstock, Virginia.

College career

After high school, Agbelese played college basketball at Collin College, from 2008 to 2010. After that, he transferred to Hampton, where he stayed until 2012.

Professional career

Agbelese made his first professional footprints in Iran, in the 2012–13 season, with Esteghlal Qeshm. The next year he moved to Uruguay, and joined Union Atletica. During the season, he left the club, and signed with Wanderers Paysandu. At the start of 2014, he agreed with the Spanish club Guadalajara. The same year he also played with the Greek club Rethymno[4] and the Spanish club Ourense.

In the 2015–16 season, he played again in Spain, with Gipuzkoa Basket.[5] In 2016, he signed with the Italian club Enel Brindisi.[6] During the 2017–18 season, he signed with Élan Béarnais in France,[7] but later in the season he left the club, and re-signed with Gipuzkoa Basket.[8] He went on to average 7.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

On August 6, 2018, he joined Holargos of the Greek Basket League.[9] On August 7, 2019, Agbelese agreed to stay in Greece with Kolossos Rodou, joining his Holargos coach, Aris Lykogiannis, there.

On August 11, 2019, he signed with Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. [10] On July 22, 2020, Agbelese officially moved to his fourth Greek club, Promitheas Patras, which also competes in the EuroCup. [11]

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References
  1. Danny Agbelese.
  2. nombre completo: Danny Akintunde Agbelese nacionalidad NGA (in Spanish).
  3. Danny Agbelese Nat. Sporty: NIG (in Italian).
  4. AGO Rethymno landing Danny Agbelese.
  5. Gipuzkoa announces Danny Agbelese.
  6. Enel Brindisi lands Danny Agbelese.
  7. Pau-Lacq-Orthez adds Agbelese to their roster.
  8. Danny Agbelese a new player of Gipuzkoa.
  9. Holargos signed Danny Agbelese.
  10. "Kolossos Rhodes sign Danny Agbelese". Sportando. August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  11. "Ο DANNY AGBELESE ΣΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΑ" (in Greek). PromitheasPatrasB.C. August 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
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