Abdoul Karim Mané (born May 16, 2000) is a Senegalese-Canadian professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player for the Calgary Surge of the

Canadian Elite Basketball League The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL; ) is the premier men's professional basketball league in Canada, as recognized by Canada Basketball. The CEBL was founded in 2017 and began play in 2019 with six teams all owned and operated by owner ...

. He grew up on the South Shore of Montreal and played for

Vanier College Vanier College () is an Quebec English, English-language public College (Quebec), college located in the Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public coll ...

in Montreal's Ville Saint-Laurent borough, where he was a consensus five-star recruit before forgoing his

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

eligibility to enter the

2020 NBA draft The 2020 NBA draft was held on November 18, 2020. The draft was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead conducted at ESPN's facilities in Bristol, Connecticut, wi ...

Early life and career

Born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

, Senegal, Mané moved to Canada with his family at age seven. He grew up playing

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

but switched to

at age 12. By the time he was 15 years old, he was focusing solely on basketball. Mané developed his skills with the basketball program of École Lucien-Pagé in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

. After one season, he began playing for

, a

CEGEP A CEGEP ( or ; , ; also written CÉGEP and cegep) is a publicly funded college providing general, professional, academic or a mix of programs; they are exclusive to the province of Quebec's education system. A loanword from French, it ori ...

in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent. Mané had to commute two hours each way while attending Vanier. In his second season with Vanier, in 2018–19, he averaged 15.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, leading his team to a 16–0 regular season record and the

Quebec Student Sport Federation Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border ...

(RSEQ) title. Mané was named RSEQ Player of the Year and earned

Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA, ) is the national governing body for organized sports at the college level in Canada. National championships CCAA members currently compete for national championships in the following sports: ...

(CCAA) All-Canadian honors. In his following season, he averaged 15.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, leading Vanier to a 16–2 record and a second straight RSEQ championship. He was again named CCAA All-Canadian. On April 23, 2020, Mané declared for the

without hiring an

agent Agent may refer to: Espionage, investigation, and law *, spies or intelligence officers * Law of agency, laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another ** Agent of record, a person with a contractual agreement with an insuran ...

. On July 16, he announced that he would sign an agent and remain in the draft, forgoing his

eligibility.

Recruiting

Professional career

Orlando / Lakeland Magic (2020–2021)

After going undrafted in the

, Mané signed a two-way contract with the

Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NB ...

on November 27, 2020. He played 10 games with Orlando and 15 with Lakeland, helping the latter win the G League championship with averages of 5.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 22.3 minutes. On April 13, 2021, he was waived by Orlando.

Memphis Hustle (2021)

On October 23, 2021, Mané was selected by the Memphis Hustle 29th overall in the 2021 NBA G League draft. Mané was waived by the Hustle on January 15, 2022.

Greensboro Swarm (2022)

On February 21, 2022, Mané was acquired via available player pool by the Greensboro Swarm. On March 12, 2022, he was waived.

Delaware Blue Coats (2022)

On March 20, 2022, Mané was acquired via available player pool by the

Delaware Blue Coats The Delaware Blue Coats are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Wilmington, Delaware. They are the G-League affiliates of the Philadelphia 76ers. The Blue Coats play their home games at Chase Fieldhouse. The Bl ...

. On December 25, 2022, Mané was waived.

Shumen (2024)

On March 2, 2024, Mané signed with

Shumen Shumen (, also Romanization of Bulgarian, romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province. Etymology The city ...

of the National Basketball League.

ABC Fighters (2024)

In September 2024, Mané joined Ivorian champions ABC Fighters, as he joined them for the Road to BAL season. He was the first Fighters player to have ever played in the NBA.

Calgary Surge (2025)

On April 11, 2025, Mané signed a one-year contract with the Calgary Surge of the

National team career

Mané represented

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in

Heraklion Heraklion or Herakleion ( ; , , ), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital city, capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in G ...

. He averaged 11.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists, helping his team finish in ninth place.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

Orlando Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people wit ...

, 10 , , 0 , , 8.8 , , .231 , , .500 , , .800 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , .0 , , .2 , , 1.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 10 , , 0 , , 8.8 , , .231 , , .500 , , .800 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , .0 , , .2 , , 1.1

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mane, Karim 2000 births Living people Basketball players from Dakar Basketball people from Quebec Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian men's basketball players Delaware Blue Coats players Lakeland Magic players Memphis Hustle players NBA players from Senegal NBA players from Canada Orlando Magic players Sportspeople from Montérégie Point guards Senegalese emigrants to Canada Senegalese men's basketball players Undrafted NBA players Vanier College alumni ABC Fighters players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen