Régis Junior Koundjia-Sindo (born 8 November 1983) is a Central African former professional

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player. He played

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for the

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and

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from 2003 to 2007. Koundjia played with the

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in the

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games in

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and

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

. He signed with the Vermont Frost Heaves of the

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(PBL) for the 2008–09 season after he played in the

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for the

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Personal life

Koundjia was born in

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, Central African Republic. His father, a Central African Republic diplomat, was killed by poisoning in 1991. Koundjia majored in sociology at

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References

External links

Profile
at ESPN.com

1983 births Living people Central African Republic men's basketball players LSU Tigers men's basketball players George Washington Revolutionaries men's basketball players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Basketball players from Bangui {{CentralAfricanRepublic-basketball-bio-stub