Aboubakar Gakou
 Gakou in 2022 | |
| No. 14 – Petro de Luanda | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward |
| League | BAL Angolan Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 27 May 1997 Angola |
| Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–present | Petro de Luanda |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Aboubakar Pedro Gakou (born 27 May 1997) is an Angolan basketball player who plays for Petro de Luanda and the Angola national team. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays as power forward.
Gakou started his career with Petro in 2015 and has won four national championships with the team since, while being a two-time MVP winner as well. He won his first BAL championship in 2024.
Professional career
Gakou started playing basketball only at age 17.[1] A year later, in 2015, he was a prospect on the roster of Petro de Luanda. He won his first Angolan championship in 2019. Gakou was named the league's Most Valuable Player of the 2020–21 season after winning his second championship with the team.[2] He was forced to miss the 2021 BAL season after he tested positive for COVID-19, making it impossible for him to join the bubble.[1]
In the 2021–22 season, Gakou helped Petro win the national treble. He also helped his team reach the 2022 BAL Finals, where the team lost to US Monastir. On May 27, Gakou was named to the BAL All-Defensive Team.[3]
Gakou won his fourth consecutive Angolan League title in 2023, and was named league MVP for a second time.[4]
On May 12, 2024, Gakou was named the Angolan Basketball League Regular Season MVP, the same day after Petro won a fifth straight title.[5][6] On June 1, he won his first BAL championship.[7]
National team career
Internationally, Gakou has played for the Angola national basketball team. He was on the roster for AfroBasket 2021.[8]
Awards and accomplishments
Club
- Petro de Luanda
- BAL champion: (2024)
- 5× Angolan Basketball League: (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2× Taça de Angola: (2022, 2023)
- 2× Supertaça de Angola: (2021, 2022)
Individual
- BAL All-Defensive Team: (2022)
- 2× Angolan League MVP: (2021, 2023)[4]
- Angolan Basketball League Regular Season MVP: (2024)[5]
- Angolan Basketball League Best Rebounder: (2024)[9]
BAL career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| † | Won an BAL championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Petro de Luanda | 8 | 8 | 20.6 | .446 | .344 | .923 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | Petro de Luanda | 8 | 8 | 18.8 | .355 | .344 | .727 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| 2024† | Petro de Luanda | 8 | 6 | 22.7 | .400 | .222 | .739 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8.4 |
References
- ^ a b "Gakou adamant that Petro's BAL time is coming". The BAL. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Aboubakar Gakou MVP of 43rd national basketball championship - ANGOP". Agência Angola Press. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Petro win national basketball championship". Angop.ao. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Basketball - Childe Dundão…". Angop - Agência Angola Press. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Da Silva, Juscelino (12 May 2024). "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Basquetebol: Petro de Luanda revalida título e conquista o Penta". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Petro de Luanda are the 2024 BAL Champions". The BAL. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Angola at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball.
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