Stanley Gumut (born 21 February 1986) is a Nigerian professional

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player. He is a native of

Jos Jos is a city in the North-Central region of Nigeria. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census. Popularly called "J-Town", it is the administrative capital and largest city of Plateau State. The city is situ ...

Plateau State Plateau is a northern states of Nigeria, Nigerian state. It is located in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". Th ...

.Stanley Gumut
FIBA profile, Libya 2009. He is a 6 ft. 6 in. (1.98 m) tall 210 lb. (95 kg)

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Nigerian national team

Gumut has played internationally with the senior men's

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. He played with Nigeria at the

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2013 FIBA Africa Championship AfroBasket 2013 was the 27th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Ivory Coast from August 20 to 31, all games were played at th ...

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External links

FIBA ProfileAfroBasket.com Profile
1986 births Living people Nigerian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Jos Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Shooting guards Small forwards African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria African Games bronze medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 2007 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 2007 All-Africa Games Union Bank B.C. players Al Sadd Doha basketball players Mark Mentors players 20th-century Nigerian people Al-Nasr Benghazi basketball players 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-basketball-bio-stub