Harold Aidoo Fiifi (born 5 April 1996) is a

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ian- Finnish professional

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player for

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of the

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Personal

Aidoo was born in

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, Ghana but moved to

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, Finland at age 5.Freshman guard Fiifi Aidoo seizing chance at GCU nearly 9,000 miles from home
Richard Obert (

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), 8 December 2016. Accessed 9 February 2021.

College career

As a member of Grand Canyon State University's basketball team Aidoo played under former

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. On 7 December 2016 he scored his then-college career high 15 points when he shot 3 of 5 three pointers, 2 of them late in the game at a 76–72 victory against

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Professional career

Aidoo started out his career at

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where he played from 2012 to 2016. During the 2018–19 Korisliiga season, he played for

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. In 2019, Aidoo represented

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Kataja Basket Kataja Basket Club is a professional basketball club of sports club Joensuun Kataja, Kataja from Joensuu, Finland. The team plays in the Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2015, Kataja won its first national championship, after ...

and later joined the team's competitor

Kobrat Kobrat is a Finland, Finnish professional basketball team from Lapua. The team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. History The club was founded in 1989 as 'Lapuan Koripojat', shortly 'LaKoPo', but was renamed 'Korikobrat' ...

of the

. With Kobrat, he averaged 9.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists.Fiifi Aidoo siirtyy Espanjan kolmannen sarjatason seuraan
(

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), 11 August 2020. Accessed 9 February 2021. In 2020, he moved to CB Benicarlo in Spain on a one-year contract. For the 2023–24 season, he returned to Finland and signed with

.Kun Fiifi Aidoo, 27, saapui Ghanasta Suomeen, yksi asia šokeerasi hänet – kaksi vuotta sitten hän vaelteli pimeydessä, nyt elämä hymyilee Nokialla

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, 10 November 2023 In 2024, he was crowned the

champion with Nokia.

National team career

Aidoo has been a member of Finland's national basketball team.

References

External links

Profile
at Eurobasket.com
Profile
at NetScouts Basketball
GCU Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aidoo, Fiifi 1996 births Living people Basketball players from Helsinki Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States Finnish expatriate basketball people in Spain Finnish men's basketball players Finnish people of Ghanaian descent Ghanaian men's basketball players Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball players Point guards Sportspeople from Accra HBA-Märsky players BC Nokia players Kataja BC players Kobrat players Ura Basket players Finnish expatriate basketball people in Norway Finnish expatriate basketball people in Luxembourg 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen 21st-century Finnish sportsmen