Caleb Apochi Agada (born 31 August 1994) is a Nigerian-Canadian professional

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player for Prometey of the

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and EuroCup. Born in Nigeria and raised in Canada, he represents the Nigerian national basketball team. In 2020-21 he led the

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in points per game and steals per game.

Early life

Agada was born in

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, Nigeria, and moved to the Canadian city of Burlington, Ontario, at the age of six.

College career

Agada played college basketball for the

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from 2012–2017. He was awarded back-to-back national

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Defensive Player of the Year honours in 2015-16 and 2016-17. At the conference level, Agada was named an

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First Team All-Star in three consecutive seasons from 2014 to 2017. In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 14.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a fifth-year senior, earning Second Team All-Canadian honours.

Professional career

Agada started his career at the Spanish side Prat Joventud in 2017–18 season, he averaged 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists. He moved to the Melilla Baloncesto in the 2018–19 season, averaging 12 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists. He also played for the Canadian side Hamilton Honey Badgers in the

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where he played two games for the team averaging 10 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4 assists in the 2018–19 season. In the 2019–20 season, he averaged 14.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists. On 19 May 2020, he signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the

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. Agada averaged 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals per game. On 26 July, he exercised his option to stay with Hapoel Beer Sheva in the 2020-21 season. On 14 September, Agada was named player of the week after contributing 25 points, eight rebounds, and six assists in a win against

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. In 2020-21 he led the Israel Basketball Premier League in points per game (22.9) and steals per game (2.4). On 24 August 2021, Agada signed with

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for the

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. On 10 July 2022, Agada signed with Prometey of the

and EuroCup.

National team career

Agada had been previously called up to play for a Canadian national basketball team side. He was called up to play for the Nigerian national basketball team during the

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games, during the February 23–24, 2019 qualifying window in Lagos, he averaged 4.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists. He was invited for the Nigerian 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup preliminary squad but he didn't make the final list of players. In 2021, he represented Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agada, Caleb 1994 births Living people Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball people from Ontario BC Prometey players Canadian expatriate basketball people in Australia Canadian expatriate basketball people in Israel Canadian expatriate basketball people in Spain Canadian men's basketball players Canadian sportspeople of Nigerian descent CB Prat players Club Melilla Baloncesto players Hamilton Honey Badgers players Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. players Idoma people Melbourne United players Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Israel Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Spain Nigerian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Nigeria Ottawa Gee-Gees Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario University of Ottawa alumni