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Meshack Lufile (born October 21, 1992) is a Canadian professional
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player for KTP of the
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. Born in
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Lufile made his professional debut with
Aris Leeuwarden LWD Basket is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Leeuwarden. Founded as Aris Leeuwarden in 2004, the club competes in the BNXT League, and has competed at the highest national level since its foundation. The team plays its home games at ...
of the
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. In July 2020, Meshack launched his official website to keep fans up to date about his career.


Professional career

On June 16, 2016, Lufile signed with
Aris Leeuwarden LWD Basket is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Leeuwarden. Founded as Aris Leeuwarden in 2004, the club competes in the BNXT League, and has competed at the highest national level since its foundation. The team plays its home games at ...
of the
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. Lufile re-signed for a second year with Aris in July 2017. On November 9, 2017, Lufile was released by Aris. On December 30, 2017, Lufile signed with the
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, a team based in his native country in the
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. He joined the
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in 2018. He joined the
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of the
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for its inaugural season in 2019. Lufile joined CSM Miercurea Ciuc of the Romanian league in 2019. He averaged 16.2 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. On August 23, 2021, Lufile signed with the
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of the English NBL. On July 26, 2024, Lufile signed with KTP of the
Korisliiga The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...
.


Personal life

Meshack's brothers
Chadrack Lufile Chadrack Lufile (born September 11, 1990) is a Congolese-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the ABC Fighters of the Road to BAL. Internationally, he also plays for . Early life Lufile was born in Zaire but left for Texas ...
and Abednego Lufile are professional basketball players as well. Abednego Lufile currently plays for the
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in London, Canada. Meshack Lufile also has a younger brother named Elijah Lufile who is on a basketball scholarship at Oral Roberts University of the NCAA I. Meshack is married to his wife Nicole and has a daughter with her.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lufile, Meshack 1992 births Living people 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Aris Leeuwarden players Basketball people from Ontario Black Canadian sportsmen Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England Canadian expatriate basketball people in Finland Canadian men's basketball players Canadian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) players Centers (basketball) Edmonton Stingers players Franco-Ontarian people Guelph Nighthawks players Halifax Hurricanes players Island Storm players KTP-Basket players Newfoundland Growlers (basketball) players Ottawa Blackjacks players Scarborough Shooting Stars players Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario