Chadrack Lufile (born September 11, 1990) is a Congolese-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the

ABC Fighters Abidjan Basket Club Fighters, commonly known as ABC Fighters, is an Ivorian basketball club based in the city of Abidjan. Founded in 1997, the team is the most successful men teams in the country, with 19 national championships won, and one contine ...

of the

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. Internationally, he also plays for .

Early life and high school career

Lufile was born in the

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but left for Texas with his family as the age of three. At the age of seven, he moved to Canada. Lufile grew up playing soccer. He learned basketball at

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as a junior and grew into a prominent recruit. Lufile averaged 20 points per game as a senior and scored 33 points against

Central Commerce Collegiate Central Toronto Academy (CTA); formerly Central Commerce Collegiate Institute and originally High School of Commerce and Finance is a public, semestered secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the Palmerston-Little Italy neighbo ...

College career

Lufile attended

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for two seasons, averaging 11.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Lufile played two seasons at

Wichita State Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of stud ...

. He was on the team that reached the 2013 NCAA Tournament Final Four as a junior, averaging 1.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per game off the bench. He scored 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds in a 70-65 win against Saint Louis on December 1, 2013. On December 7, Lufile scored a career-high 14 points and had seven rebounds in a 71-58 win over

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. He started 11 games and played in all 36 games as a senior, averaging 5.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

Professional career

In 2014, Lufile was selected in the third round of the NBA Development League draft by the

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. The following season, he played in Chile for Puerto Montt. Lufile spent the 2016-17 season with the

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, averaging 12 points and eight rebounds per game. In 2018, he attempted to sell his Final Four ring to pay for medical expenses for his mother, but a Wichita State fan contributed to a GoFundMe account so he would not have to sell the ring. In November 2018, Lufile signed with the

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. After three games, he joined the

Halifax Hurricanes The Halifax Hurricanes are a professional basketball team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Hurricanes were founded as members of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) to replace the Halifax Rainmen, who declared bankruptcy in July 201 ...

and had 14 points and eight rebounds in his first start for the team. He joined the

Guelph Nighthawks The Guelph Nighthawks were a Canadian professional basketball team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, that competed in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. The team played home games at the Sleeman Centre. History On June 12, 2018, it was announ ...

of the

Canadian Elite Basketball League The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) is a men's professional minor league basketball organization. The CEBL was founded in 2017 and began play in 2019 with six teams competing all owned and operated by ownership group Canadian Basketball V ...

for its inaugural season in 2019. Lufile joined

Estudiantes Concordia Club Estudiantes Concordia is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Concordia, Entre Ríos. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which plays at Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top division of Argentine basketball league syste ...

during the 2019-20 season and averaged 7.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. He was waived on March 17, 2020. On October 9, 2021, Lufile signed with

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of the Romanian Liga Națională. On March 3, 2022, Lufile was announced to be on the roster of the Senegalese club DUC for the 2022 season of the

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(BAL). In November 2022, he played for Ivorian team

in the 2023

National team career

Lufile represented the DR Congo national basketball team at the FIBA AfroBasket in

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BAL career statistics

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Personal life

Lufile is the son of a minister. His brothers Meshack,

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, and

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are also basketball players.

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