Gaston Essengué

Gaston Essengué (born October 10, 1983) is a Cameroonian basketball power forward with Club Atletico Quilmes in the Argentina National League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national team. Essengué first attended Compton College and Weatherford College in Texas, where he graduated from in 2005. He then transferred to UNLV, from where he graduated in 2007.

Gaston Essengué
No. 15 – San Isidro San Francisco
PositionPower forward / center
Personal information
Born (1983-10-10) October 10, 1983
Yaoundé, Cameroon
NationalityCameroonian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2008Selçuk Üniversitesi BK
2008–2009West-Brabant Giants
2009–2010Étendard de Brest
2010Sigal Prishtina
2010Étendard de Brest
2010Cosehisa Monzón
2010Ciclista Juninense
2010–2011Club San Martín de Corrientes
2011Perak Farmcochen
2011–2012Asociación Italiana
2012–2013Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2013–2014San Isidro San Francisco
2014Libertad de Sunchales
2014–2015Club Alianza Viedma
2015–2016San Isidro San Francisco
2016–2017Comunicaciones Mercedes
2018Estudiantes de Olavarría
2018Municipal Puente Alto
2018Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2019Platense
2019Sol de América
2019–2020Oberá
2021Ameghino
2022Faraones de NCG
2022Venados de Mazatlán
2022Buras de Hermosillo
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Cameroon
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Angola Cameroon

Essengué joined Venados de Mazatlán of the CIBACOPA in mid-2022.[1] He signed with the Buras de Hermosillo of the Circuito de Baloncesto del Pacífico (CIBAPAC) later that year.[2]

National team career

Essengué won a silver medal with the Cameroon national team at AfroBasket 2007. Following AfroBasket 2015, where Cameroon finished in ninth place, he retired from the national team.[3]

References
  1. "Gaston Essengue (ex Ameghino) joins Mazatlan". Afrobasket.com. May 1, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  2. "Buras de Hermosillo, listos para su encuentro con Nogales Guinda este viernes". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). September 13, 2022. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  3. "Essengue se retire de l'équipe nationale du Cameroun". basketmali.com (in French). August 30, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2023.


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