Amara Sy (born 28 August 1981) is a Malian-French former professional
basketball
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player who played at the
small forward
The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball
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position.
Professional career
On 31 July 2015, Sy signed with
AS Monaco
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Fren ...
, after a three-year run with
ASVEL Basket
ASVEL Basket, commonly known as ASVEL or sometimes as ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, and also known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon ...
.
National team career
Sy was a member of the senior
Malian national team
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* Malian, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran with the name
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.
References
External links
Euroleague.net ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileSpanish League Archive Profile
1981 births
Living people
AEK B.C. players
AS Monaco Basket players
ASVEL Basket players
Bakersfield Jam players
Basketball players from Paris
CB Murcia players
French expatriate basketball people in Spain
French men's basketball players
French people of Malian descent
French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
French expatriate basketball people in the United States
French expatriate basketball people in Monaco
Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
Liga ACB players
Malian men's basketball players
Orléans Loiret Basket players
Paris Basketball players
Small forwards
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