Gaston Essengué (born October 10, 1983) is a Cameroonian basketball

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with

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in the

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. He is also a member of the Cameroon national team. Essengué first attended Compton College and

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, where he graduated from in 2005. He then transferred to

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, from where he graduated in 2007. Essengué joined

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of the CIBACOPA in mid-2022. He signed with the Buras de Hermosillo of the

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(CIBAPAC) later that year.

National team career

Essengué won a silver medal with the Cameroon national team at

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. Following

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, where Cameroon finished in ninth place, he retired from the national team.

References

External links

Profile at eurobasket.com

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'', 3 January 2006
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1983 births Living people Cameroonian expatriate basketball people in France Cameroonian expatriate basketball people in Kosovo Cameroonian expatriate basketball people in Mexico Cameroonian expatriate basketball people in Spain Cameroonian expatriate basketball people in the United States Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cameroonian men's basketball players 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen Centers (basketball) Ciclista Juninense basketball players Club Comunicaciones (Mercedes) basketball players Club San Martín de Corrientes basketball players Dutch Basketball League players Estudiantes de Olavarría basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States KB Prishtina players Power forwards Quilmes de Mar del Plata basketball players Basketball players from Yaoundé UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball players Venados de Mazatlán (basketball) players Weatherford College alumni West-Brabant Giants players Perak Farmcochem BC players {{Cameroon-basketball-bio-stub