Yunss Akinocho

Yunss Akinocho
Position Forward (basketball)
Height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight 238 lb (108 kg)
League Danish League
Team SISU Copenhagen
Born July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22) (age 28)
Reims, France
Nationality Moroccan / French
Pro career 2005–present
Career history Cholet Basket (2005-06)
Étendard de Brest (2006-07)
Proveo Merlins Crailsheim (2008-09)
SISU Copenhagen (2009–present)

Yunss Prince Michel Akinocho (born March 11, 1987) is a Moroccan-French basketball player currently playing for SISU Copenhagen of the Danish Basketball League.[1] He is also member of the Moroccan national basketball team.

Born in Reims, France, Akinocho first played professional basketball as an 18-year old in the French League.[2] In his most recent season, Akinocho averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over eleven games of action for Proveo Merlins Crailsheim in Germany.[3] For the upcoming season, he has signed with Copenhagen sisu of the Danish League.

Akinocho played with the Morocco national basketball team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. He played in all eight of Morocco's games, averaging 9.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.[4] Prior to this, Akinocho played for the France national basketball team in the 2003 European Championship for Cadets, helping the team to a fifth place finish.[5]

References

  1. ^ Moroccan team page at FIBA.com
  2. ^ Player Page at basketpedya.com
  3. ^ Player Page at eurobasket.com
  4. ^ Player Profile at FIBA.com
  5. ^ [1]