Adjehi Nonma Baru (born 10 December 1991) is an Ivorian professional

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player. He also represents the

Ivory Coast national basketball team The Ivory Coast men's national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represents Ivory Coast in international competition. The team competes regularly in the African Championship and is administered by the Fédération Ivoirienne de ...

. He played college basketball for

College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball The Charleston Cougars men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team representing the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The Cougars compete in the Coastal Athletic Association. Home games are played at TD ...

College career

Baru played college basketball for

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from 2011 to 2015. In his freshman year, he averaged 7.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, while in his sophomore year he averaged 9.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. In his junior year he averaged 8.97 points per game, 7.5 rebounds per game and 1.4 blocks per game, and in his final season he averaged 7.44 points per game, 0.78 assists and 0.56 blocks.

Professional career

Baru went undrafted in the

2015 NBA draft The 2015 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2015, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It was televised nationally in the U.S. by ESPN. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eli ...

. In the 2015–16 season, he played for

Xuventude Baloncesto Club Xuventude Baloncesto is a basketball team based in Cambados, Galicia (Spain). The team currently plays in league LEB Plata. History Xuventude Cambados was founded by a group of friends in 1976. In 1999, Xuven promoted to Liga EBA, where ...

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, the third division of the Spanish basketball league. He played for the

Danish Basketball league The Basketligaen (English: The Basketball League) is the highest professional basketball league in Denmark. The men’s first division was originally founded in 1957. Over the years, the league has undergone several name changes due to sponsorsh ...

side

SISU BK SISU Basketball Klub is a Danish basketball club from Gentofte, Copenhagen founded in 1954. It takes its name from the Finnish term ''Sisu''. It is the oldest basketball club in Denmark. Both the men's and women's teams still plays in the leagu ...

in the 2016–17 season. He then played for the Bulgarian league side

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in the 2017–18 season. In the 2018–19 season, Baru joined

Básquet Coruña Club Básquet Coruña, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, SAD, also known as Leyma Coruña for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in A Coruña, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB, after being promoted in their 2023–24 LEB ...

, where he averaged 3.1 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. On 2 March 2020, Baru signed with

Ferroviário de Maputo Ferroviário may refer to sports clubs in: Angola * C.D. Ferroviário do Huambo, a football club from Huambo * Clube Ferroviário da Huíla, a football club from Lubango * Clube Ferroviário de Luanda, a football club from Luanda Brazil * Ferrov ...

of the

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(BAL). He played with them in the

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in May 2021, and helped the team reach the quarterfinals. Since 2021, Baru played for Khane Khouzestan in the

Iranian Basketball Super League The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams ...

. In October 2022, Baru was on the roster of Burundian club

Urunani Urunani BBC is a Burundian basketball club based in Bujumbura. Nicknamed ''"Sisi Wenyewe"'', the team plays in the Viva Basketball League (VBL). Since 1979, Urunani has won more than 17 national championships of Burundi (some years the national c ...

for the

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games. He had 8 points and 9 rebounds in his debut against

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. The following year, in October 2023, Baru played for the ABC Fighters in the

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National team career

Baru represents the

. He participated in the

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 31 August to 15 September 2019. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, b ...

where he averaged 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist per game.

BAL career statistics

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References

External links

College stats at Sports-Reference.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baru, Adjehi Ferroviário de Maputo (basketball) players 1991 births Living people Básquet Coruña players BC Beroe players Charleston Cougars men's basketball players Randers Cimbria players Ivorian men's basketball players Ivorian expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria Ivorian expatriate basketball people in Denmark Ivorian expatriate basketball people in Spain Ivorian expatriate basketball people in the United States Power forwards SISU BK players Basketball players from Abidjan 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Urunani BBC players ABC Fighters players Iranian Basketball Super League players Hainan Haixiang players 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen