Abraham Sie
Sie playing with ABC in 2019
Personal information
Born(1999-08-31)31 August 1999
Died6 April 2022(2022-04-06) (aged 22)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
NationalityIvorian
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
Playing career2019–2022
PositionPoint guard
Number14
Career history
2019–2021ABC / ABC Fighters
2021–2022DUC

Louis Cyrille Jean Benoît She (31 August 1999 – 6 April 2022), better known as Abraham Sie, was an Ivorian basketball player. During his career he played for the Ivory Coast national basketball team.[1][2]

Club career

Sie was a former football player and taekwondo fighter, he was the Ivorian taekwondo champion twice before he started playing basketball.[3] He played for the Ivorian side Abidjan Basket Club,[4] he participated in the Basketball Africa League qualifiers where he averaged 14.33 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists.[5][6]

In October 2021, Sie signed with DUC Dakar, the champions of Senegal.[7]

Ivorian national team

Sie represented the Ivory Coast national basketball team. He was included in the Ivorian team roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, but he did not play a match based on the decision of the coach.[8][9][10]

Death

Sie died on 6 April 2022 in Abidjan at age 22, as was announced by his club DUC Dakar.[11]

Honours

ABC Fighters

See also

References

  1. ↑ "International Basketball Federation (FIBA) - FIBA.basketball". www.fiba.basketball. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Abraham Sie Basketball Player Profile, Abidjan Basket Club, News, National 1H stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". eurobasket. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  3. ↑ Rue2ponpon (2019-12-13). "Interview du meneur ivoirien Abraham Sie : La BAL est un excellent moyen de promouvoir le basketball africain б". Rue2ponpon.com. Retrieved 2020-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Abidjan BC Rosters - RealGM". Basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  5. ↑ Smith, Keith P (1999-08-31). "Abraham Sie Player Profile, Abidjan BC, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". Basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  6. ↑ tab=news
  7. ↑ "Basketball Africa League: DUC strengthens with an Ivorian leader". Archysport. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Abraham SIE (CIV)'s profile - FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 - FIBA.basketball". www.fiba.basketball. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Abraham Sie - Basketball player profile & career statistics". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  10. ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire announces 12-man roster for FIBA World Cup". 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16.
  11. ↑ "Ivory Coast's Dakar University Club Abraham Sie dies at 22". boxscorenews.com. Boxscorenews.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.


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