Billy Yakuba Ouattara (born January 24, 1992, in

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) is a Ghanaian-French professional

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player for

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of the

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and the

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Professional career

Ouattara first began his professional career out in France with the

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of the

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in 2012 as a 20-year-old. He played with that team for two seasons before signing a one-year deal with the

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, who were a part of the

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at that time. During that year, he helped the team make it to the LNB Pro B Finals before ultimately losing the series to

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. On July 24, 2015, Ouattara signed with the

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out in

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, returning to the Pro A that year. During his second season at Monaco, Ouattara was named a French Pro A All-Star and helped Monaco win the

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Championship over the

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in 2017. Ouattara signed a

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with the

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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

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, with a majority of his time being spent with the Long Island affiliate team. 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. On January 17, 2018, Ouattara was reacquired by the

. On March 30, 2018, Ouattara signed for the remainder of the 2017–18 season with Monaco. On July 17, 2020, he signed with Coosur Real Betis of the

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. On July 20, 2021, he signed with

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of the French

and the

. On August 7, 2024, he signed with

of the

National team career

Because of the unavailability of a Ghanaian national team, he has been a member of the French national team.Causeur forfait, Ouattara incertain
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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 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

EuroCup

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, 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",

, 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

Basketball Champions League

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, 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

Domestic leagues

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