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Stephen Olumide Arigbabu (born 15 February 1972) is a German professional
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coach and former player. He is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall.Esake.gr - Στέφαν ΑΡΙΓΚΜΠΑΜΠΟΥ .
/ref> Arigbabu played at the center position.


Professional career

During his professional career, Arigbabu played in top-class teams such as
ALBA Berlin Alba Berlin is a professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Uber Arena and c ...
, Panionios, and
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. He won the EuroCup Challenge with Mitteldeutscher in 2004. He also won 2 German League championships, and a
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with ALBA Berlin.


National team career

Arigbabu was also a player of the senior men's
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, and he won a bronze medal with them at the
2002 FIBA World Championship The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was held by the FIBA, International Basketb ...
, and a silver medal at the EuroBasket 2005.


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External links


Euroleague.net Profile
1972 births Living people Alba Berlin players Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players Centers (basketball) Dafnis B.C. players German men's basketball players Maroussi B.C. players Olympia Larissa B.C. players Panionios B.C. players Papagou B.C. players Sportspeople from Hanover Basketball players from Lower Saxony Power forwards Ratiopharm Ulm players German sportspeople of Nigerian descent 2002 FIBA World Championship players SC Rasta Vechta coaches {{Germany-basketball-bio-stub