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{{short description|Senegalese basketball player}}
{{short description|Senegalese basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Babacar Toure
| name = Babacar Touré
| image =
| image =
| image_size =
| image_size =
| caption =
| caption =
| position = [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| position = [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 190
| weight_lb = 190
| league = [[Swiss Basketball League]]
| league =
| team = [[Fribourg Olympic Basket]]
| team =
| number = 13
| number = 13
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|11|14}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|11|14}}
| birth_place = [[Kaolack]], [[Senegal]]
| birth_place = [[Kaolack]], [[Senegal]]
| nationality = [[Senegal]]ese
| nationality = Senegalese
| high_school =
| high_school =
| college =
| college =
| draft_year = 2007
| draft_year = 2007
| career_start =2007
| career_start = 2007
| career_end =
| career_end = 2019
| years1 = 2007-2010
| years1 = 2007–2010
| team1 = [[Colas Bernex Basket]]
| team1 = [[Colas Bernex Basket|Colas Bernex]]
| years2 = 2010-2013
| years2 = 2010–2013
| team2 = [[Lions de Genève]]
| team2 = [[Lions de Genève]]
| years3 = 2013-2016
| years3 = 2013–2016
| team3 = [[Union Neuchâtel Basket]]
| team3 = [[Union Neuchâtel]]
| years4 = 2016-2017
| years4 = 2016–2017
| team4 = [[Vevey Riviera Basket]]
| team4 = [[Vevey Riviera Basket|Vevey Riviera]]
| years5 = 2017-Present
| years5 = 2017–2019
| team5 = [[Fribourg Olympic Basket]]
| team5 = [[Fribourg Olympic]]
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| highlights = * 3× [[Ligue Nationale de Basketball (Switzerland)|Swiss League]] champion (2013, 2018, 2019)
| highlights =
* Swiss League Finals MVP (2018)
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* 3x [[Ligue Nationale de Basketball (Switzerland)|Swiss Championship]] (2013, 2018, 2019)
* 1x [[Swiss Cup (basketball)|Swiss Cup]] (2018)
* 2× Swiss League MVP (2015, 2016)
* 1x [[SBL Cup|Swiss League Cup]] (2018)
* [[Championnat LNB|Swiss Second League]] champion (2017)
* Swiss Second League Finals MVP (2017)
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|medaltemplates=
* [[Swiss Cup (basketball)|Swiss Cup]] champion (2018)
* [[SBL Cup|Swiss League Cup]] champion (2018)
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| medaltemplates =
}}
}}


'''Babacar Touré''' (born 14 November 1985) is a Senegalese [[basketball]] player. He plays for the [[Senegal national basketball team]] and the Swiss [[Fribourg Olympic Basket]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar TOURE |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europecup/19-20/player/Babacar-Toure |website=fiba.basketball}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar Toure |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/player/Babacar_Toure//Fribourg_Olympic/129709 |website=eurobasket.com}}</ref>
'''Babacar Touré''' (born 14 November 1985) is a Senegalese retired [[basketball]] player. He played for the [[Senegal national basketball team]] and several teams in Switzerland. Touré enjoyed his most successful years with [[Fribourg Olympic Basket|Fribourg Olympic]], where he won three Swiss championships and was named the league's Finals MVP two times.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar TOURE |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europecup/19-20/player/Babacar-Toure |website=fiba.basketball}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar Toure |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/player/Babacar_Toure//Fribourg_Olympic/129709 |website=eurobasket.com}}</ref>


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Touré played for Sibac Dakar in his home country Senegal and completed an apprenticeship as an accountant, which he continued in Switzerland after moving to the second division team Colas Bernex Basket in November 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barkas |first1=Aris |title=Babacar Toure: The spotlight on an accountant |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/810318/babacar-toure-the-spotlight-on-an-accountant/ |accessdate=23 March 2020 |publisher=eurohoops.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=-INTERVIEW: Babacar Touré, the heart and the legs |url=https://www.senebasket.com/VIDEO-INTERVIEW-Babacar-Toure-le-coeur-et-les-jambes_a2075.html |website=senebasket.com}}</ref>
Touré played for Sibac Dakar in his home country Senegal and completed an apprenticeship as an accountant, which he continued in Switzerland after moving to the second division team Colas Bernex Basket in November 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barkas |first1=Aris |title=Babacar Toure: The spotlight on an accountant |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/810318/babacar-toure-the-spotlight-on-an-accountant/ |accessdate=23 March 2020 |publisher=eurohoops.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=-INTERVIEW: Babacar Touré, the heart and the legs |url=https://www.senebasket.com/VIDEO-INTERVIEW-Babacar-Toure-le-coeur-et-les-jambes_a2075.html |website=senebasket.com}}</ref>

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Toure moved to the [[Lions de Genève]] in 2010–11 season, he averaged 11.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=GENEVA LIONS ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/635/geneva-lions/2010 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In his second season at [[Lions de Genève]], he averaged 12.4 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=GENEVA LIONS ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/635/geneva-lions/2011 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In the 2012–13 season, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebound and 0.7 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=GENEVA LIONS ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/635/geneva-lions/2012 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In August 2014, he moved to the [[Union Neuchâtel Basket]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Union contingent grows |url=https://www.arcinfo.ch/dossiers/union-neuchatel/articles/le-contingent-d-union-s-etoffe-285255 |accessdate=23 March 2020 |agency=arcinfo.ch}}</ref> he averaged 16.6 points, 10 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/634/union-neuchatel/2013 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In the 2014–15 season, he averaged 18.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/634/union-neuchatel/2014 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In the 2015–16 season, he averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/634/union-neuchatel/2015 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> He moved to the lower league side [[Vevey Riviera Basket]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite news |title=Basketball: LNA's best foreigner, Babacar Touré goes to the lower floor in Vevey |url=https://www.rts.ch/sport/basketball/7853330-basket-meilleur-etranger-de-lna-babacar-toure-part-a-letage-inferieur-a-vevey.html |accessdate=23 March 2020 |publisher=rts.ch}}</ref> where he averaged 20.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=VEVEY RIVIERA BASKET ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/641/vevey-riviera-basket/2016 |website=proballers.com}}</ref>
Toure moved to the [[Lions de Genève]] in 2010–11 season, he averaged 11.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=GENEVA LIONS ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/635/geneva-lions/2010 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In his second season at [[Lions de Genève]], he averaged 12.4 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=GENEVA LIONS ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/635/geneva-lions/2011 |website=proballers.com}}</ref>

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In the 2012–13 season, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebound and 0.7 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=GENEVA LIONS ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/635/geneva-lions/2012 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In August 2014, he moved to the [[Union Neuchâtel Basket]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Union contingent grows |url=https://www.arcinfo.ch/dossiers/union-neuchatel/articles/le-contingent-d-union-s-etoffe-285255 |accessdate=23 March 2020 |work=[[ArcInfo (newspaper)|ArcInfo]]}}</ref> he averaged 16.6 points, 10 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/634/union-neuchatel/2013 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In the 2014–15 season, he averaged 18.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/634/union-neuchatel/2014 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In the 2015–16 season, he averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/634/union-neuchatel/2015 |website=proballers.com}}</ref>

He moved to the second tier [[Championnat LNB]] side [[Vevey Riviera Basket]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite news |title=Basketball: LNA's best foreigner, Babacar Touré goes to the lower floor in Vevey |url=https://www.rts.ch/sport/basketball/7853330-basket-meilleur-etranger-de-lna-babacar-toure-part-a-letage-inferieur-a-vevey.html |accessdate=23 March 2020 |publisher=rts.ch}}</ref> where he averaged 20.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=VEVEY RIVIERA BASKET ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/641/vevey-riviera-basket/2016 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> Toure helped them win the LNB and was named the Finals MVP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame {{!}} Swiss Basketball |url=https://swiss.basketball/de/national-competitions/nlb/men/hall-of-fame |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=swiss.basketball |language=de}}</ref>

In 2017, he moved to the [[Fribourg Olympic Basket]], where he averaged 19.1 points, 12.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=FRIBOURG OLYMPIC ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/633/fribourg-olympic/2017 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In the 2018–19 season, he averaged 15.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=FRIBOURG OLYMPIC ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/633/fribourg-olympic/2018 |website=proballers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar Toure |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/51481/babacar-toure |website=proballers.com}}</ref>
In 2017, he moved to the [[Fribourg Olympic Basket]], where he averaged 19.1 points, 12.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=FRIBOURG OLYMPIC ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/633/fribourg-olympic/2017 |website=proballers.com}}</ref> In the 2018–19 season, he averaged 15.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=FRIBOURG OLYMPIC ROSTER |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/633/fribourg-olympic/2018 |website=proballers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar Toure |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/51481/babacar-toure |website=proballers.com}}</ref>
He also played in the [[Basketball Champions League]] in 2018–19 season, he averaged 15.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar TOURE |url=https://www.championsleague.basketball/18-19/qualifiers/player/Babacar-Toure |website=championsleague.basketball}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar Toure |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Babacar-Toure/Summary/28466 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref>
He also played in the [[Basketball Champions League]] in 2018–19 season, he averaged 15.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar TOURE |url=https://www.championsleague.basketball/18-19/qualifiers/player/Babacar-Toure |website=championsleague.basketball}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar Toure |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Babacar-Toure/Summary/28466 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref> He played his last professional match on 30 October 2019, against [[CSU Sibiu]] in the [[FIBA Europe Cup]].<ref name=retirement/>

In February 2021, Touré announced his retirement from basketball.<ref name=retirement>{{cite news |title=Basketball – Babacar Touré met un terme à sa carrière |url=https://www.tdg.ch/babacar-toure-met-un-terme-a-sa-carriere-427976381069 |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=Tribune de Genève |language=fr}}</ref>


==National team career==
==National team career==
Babacar Toure was called up to the [[Senegal national basketball team]] for the [[AfroBasket 2011]] tournament,<ref>{{cite web |title=SEN – Babacar Touré: second or third is not enough |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/SEN---Babacar-Tour%C3%A9-second-or-third-is-not-enough |website=fiba.basketball}}</ref> where he averaged 7.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game at the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 FIBA Africa Championship |url=http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/67241/sid/7915/tid/358/tid2//_/2011_FIBA_Africa_Championship/index.html |website=archive.fiba.com}}</ref> He represented the [[Senegal national basketball team]] at the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]] in China,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Xiang |first1=Li |title=Senegal announces final 12-man roster for Basketball World Cup |url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-08-16/Senegal-announces-final-12-man-roster-for-Basketball-World-Cup-Jd2DXMaP8Q/index.html |publisher=cgtn.com}}</ref> where he averaged 8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar TOURE |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/player/Babacar-Toure |website=fiba.basketball}}</ref>
Babacar Toure was called up to the [[Senegal national basketball team]] for the [[AfroBasket 2011]] tournament,<ref>{{cite web |title=SEN – Babacar Touré: second or third is not enough |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/SEN---Babacar-Tour%C3%A9-second-or-third-is-not-enough |website=fiba.basketball}}</ref> where he averaged 7.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game at the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 FIBA Africa Championship |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/67241/sid/7915/tid/358/tid2//_/2011_FIBA_Africa_Championship/index.html |website=archive.fiba.com}}</ref> He represented the [[Senegal national basketball team]] at the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]] in China, where he averaged 8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babacar TOURE |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/player/Babacar-Toure |website=fiba.basketball}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 10:07, 3 November 2024

Babacar Touré
Personal information
Born (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 39)
Kaolack, Senegal
NationalitySenegalese
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–2019
PositionForward / center
Number13
Career history
2007–2010Colas Bernex
2010–2013Lions de Genève
2013–2016Union Neuchâtel
2016–2017Vevey Riviera
2017–2019Fribourg Olympic
Career highlights and awards

Babacar Touré (born 14 November 1985) is a Senegalese retired basketball player. He played for the Senegal national basketball team and several teams in Switzerland. Touré enjoyed his most successful years with Fribourg Olympic, where he won three Swiss championships and was named the league's Finals MVP two times.[1][2]

Professional career

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Touré played for Sibac Dakar in his home country Senegal and completed an apprenticeship as an accountant, which he continued in Switzerland after moving to the second division team Colas Bernex Basket in November 2007.[3][4]

Toure moved to the Lions de Genève in 2010–11 season, he averaged 11.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.[5] In his second season at Lions de Genève, he averaged 12.4 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.[6]

In the 2012–13 season, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebound and 0.7 assists per game.[7] In August 2014, he moved to the Union Neuchâtel Basket,[8] he averaged 16.6 points, 10 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.[9] In the 2014–15 season, he averaged 18.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.[10] In the 2015–16 season, he averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.[11]

He moved to the second tier Championnat LNB side Vevey Riviera Basket in 2016,[12] where he averaged 20.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.[13] Toure helped them win the LNB and was named the Finals MVP.[14]

In 2017, he moved to the Fribourg Olympic Basket, where he averaged 19.1 points, 12.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.[15] In the 2018–19 season, he averaged 15.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.[16][17] He also played in the Basketball Champions League in 2018–19 season, he averaged 15.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.[18][19] He played his last professional match on 30 October 2019, against CSU Sibiu in the FIBA Europe Cup.[20]

In February 2021, Touré announced his retirement from basketball.[20]

National team career

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Babacar Toure was called up to the Senegal national basketball team for the AfroBasket 2011 tournament,[21] where he averaged 7.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game at the tournament.[22] He represented the Senegal national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Babacar TOURE". fiba.basketball.
  2. ^ "Babacar Toure". eurobasket.com.
  3. ^ Barkas, Aris. "Babacar Toure: The spotlight on an accountant". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ "-INTERVIEW: Babacar Touré, the heart and the legs". senebasket.com.
  5. ^ "GENEVA LIONS ROSTER". proballers.com.
  6. ^ "GENEVA LIONS ROSTER". proballers.com.
  7. ^ "GENEVA LIONS ROSTER". proballers.com.
  8. ^ "Union contingent grows". ArcInfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. ^ "UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER". proballers.com.
  10. ^ "UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER". proballers.com.
  11. ^ "UNION NEUCHATEL ROSTER". proballers.com.
  12. ^ "Basketball: LNA's best foreigner, Babacar Touré goes to the lower floor in Vevey". rts.ch. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. ^ "VEVEY RIVIERA BASKET ROSTER". proballers.com.
  14. ^ "Hall of Fame | Swiss Basketball". swiss.basketball (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  15. ^ "FRIBOURG OLYMPIC ROSTER". proballers.com.
  16. ^ "FRIBOURG OLYMPIC ROSTER". proballers.com.
  17. ^ "Babacar Toure". proballers.com.
  18. ^ "Babacar TOURE". championsleague.basketball.
  19. ^ "Babacar Toure". basketball.realgm.com.
  20. ^ a b "Basketball – Babacar Touré met un terme à sa carrière". Tribune de Genève (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  21. ^ "SEN – Babacar Touré: second or third is not enough". fiba.basketball.
  22. ^ "2011 FIBA Africa Championship". archive.fiba.com.
  23. ^ "Babacar TOURE". fiba.basketball.
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