Antoine Camille Diot (born 17 January 1989) is a French professional

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player for

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of the

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. Standing at , he plays the

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position. He also represents the

French national basketball team The France men's national basketball team () represents France in international basketball and is administered by the French Federation of Basketball. France is currently ranked fourth in the FIBA Men's World Ranking, FIBA World Ranking. Franc ...

Professional career

Diot began playing basketball with the youth teams of the French club

JL Bourg en Bresse Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the LNB Élite, the national top division. Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3, ...

. He then played with Centre Fédéral, in the French 3rd-tier level league, the NM1, from 2004 to 2007. He began his

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career in 2007, with the French 1st-tier level Pro A League club,

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. He moved to the French club

Paris-Levallois Basket Metropolitans 92 is a French professional basketball club that is based in Levallois-Perret, in the Paris metropolitan area. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the highest-tier level in French basketball. The club was established in 2007 ...

in 2012. On 1 July 2013 Diot signed a two-year deal with the French Pro A team

Strasbourg IG Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League. The ...

, with an opt-out clause after the first year. He was voted the French League French Player's MVP in 2014. In June 2014, he opted to remain with the team for one more season. He was voted the French Leaders Cup MVP in 2015. On 10 July 2015 he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish ACB team

Valencia Basket Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...

. With Valencia, he won the Spanish League 2016–17 season championship. On 5 July 2017 he signed a two-year contract extension with Valencia. On 11 June 2023 he signed with

of the

National team career

Diot was a member of the French junior national teams. With France's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the

2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Amaliada and Pyrgos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. France won the trophy for the first time. Georgia and Germany were rel ...

, where he won a gold medal, the

2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 19th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of León, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Turkey won the trophy for the second time. Poland and Belgium were relegated to Divisio ...

, where he won a silver medal, and was named the tournament's MVP, the

2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Greece in 2006. Final ranking 1. France 2. Lithuania 3. Spain 4. Turkey 5. 6. Greece 7. Italy 8. Bulgaria 9. Russia 10. Croatia 1 ...

, where he won a gold medal, the

2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Serbian: Светско првенство до 19 година ФИБА до 19 година) was the 8th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 12 to 22 July ...

, where he won a bronze medal, the

2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Spain in 2007. Final ranking 1. 2. Greece 3. Latvia 4. Lithuania 5. Spain 6. France 7. Croatia 8. Turkey 9. Germany 10. Russia ...

, the

2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their second title. Bulgaria and Georgia were relegated to Division B. ...

, and the

2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Rhodes (city), Rhodes and Ialysos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Greece national basketball team, Greece won their second ...

, where he won a silver medal, and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Diot then became a member of the senior men's

. With France's senior national team, he has played at the following major tournaments: the

EuroBasket 2009 The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the ...

, the

EuroBasket 2013 EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24. France men's national basketball ...

, where he won a gold medal, the

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from 30 August to 14 September 2014. Hosted by Spain, it was the la ...

, where he won a silver medal, and the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Professional career

National team career

French senior national team stats

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