Luc-Arthur Vebobe

Luc-Arthur Vebobe
Cholet Basket
Position Power Forward
League Pro A
Personal information
Born April 3, 1980
Antibes
Nationality French
Listed height 6 ft 7.52 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Seward County JC
Foothill College
College University of Hawaii
Pro career 2002–present
Career history
Antibes (2002–2002)
Chalon-sur-Saône (2002-2003)
Paris BR (2003-2005)
Zaragoza (LEB) (2005-2006)
ALM Evreux (2008-2009)
Antibes (2009-2010)
Cholet Basket (2010-...)
Career highlights and awards
French LNB All-star games 2004 and 2010

Luc-Arthur Vebobe (born April 3, 1980 in Antibes, France) is a French professional basketball player who currently plays for Cholet Basket in French Pro A.

Amateur career

Luc-Arhur is the son of former basketball player Saint-Ange Vebobe. He starts his basketball debuts with the Youth team (Espoirs) of Antibes (1998–1999) before going to USA in Junior Colleges (Seward County JC, Kansas & Foothill College, California) until 2001. He then joins the University of Hawaii where he plays in NCAA (2001-early 2002).

He played for the French Youth squad at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship where France ranked 10th and at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship where France ranked 8th.

Pro career

Vebobe starts his professional career with its youth club Antibes (Pro A) in 2002 before joining Chalon-sur-Saône (Pro A) for the 2002-2003 season. He then goes to Paris Basket Racing for 2 seasons before going to Spain where he plays for Zaragoza (LEB) during the 2005-2006 season. Due to injuries, Vebobe did not play for any professional club between end of 2006 and beginning of 2008.

For the 2008-2009 season, ALM Evreux (Pro B) is giving him a chance to play again before joining Antibes (Pro B) again for the 2009-2010 season. Playing for Antibes, he won the French basketball cup 16th finals game versus Cholet Basket (76-70) where he drew the attention of coach Erman Kunter. He then joins Cholet Basket (Pro A), the 2010 French champion and plays the Euroleague for the 2010-2011 season.

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