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Tonye Jekiri
	Jekiri in a 2015 game for Miami
Fenerbahçe
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	23 July 1994 (age 30); Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school	Champagnat Catholic School; (Hialeah, Florida)
College	Miami (Florida) (2012–2016)
NBA draft	2016: undrafted
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	Bandırma Kırmızı
2017–2018	Oostende
2018–2019	Gaziantep
2019–2020	ASVEL
2020–2021	Baskonia
2021–2022	UNICS
2022–present	Fenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards
	PBL champion (2018); PBL Finals MVP (2018); All-PBL Defensive Team (2018); PBL Top Rebounder (2018);

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Tonye Frank Jekiri (born 23 July 1994) is a Nigerian professional basketball player who last played for the Russian team Fenerbahçe of the Basketball Super League (BSL) and EuroLeague.

College career

Jekiri played four seasons for the Miami Hurricanes and participated in two Sweet 16s. As a senior, he averaged 7.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.^[1]

Professional career

Jekiri signed his first professional contract with Turkish team Bandırma Kırmızı.^[2] In the 2017–18 season, Jekiri played with BC Oostende in the Belgian Pro Basketball League. With Oostende he won the championship, and was named the PBL Finals MVP. He was also the leading rebounder in the PBL, with 7.3 per game.^{[citation needed]}

On 3 July 2019 Jekiri signed a one-year contract with LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.^[3]^[4] He averaged 8.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in 27 games. On 11 July 2020 Jekiri officially signed a two-year contract with Baskonia of the Liga ACB.^[5] He averaged 6.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

On 25 July 2021 Jekiri signed with the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League, and of the EuroLeague until it was suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]

Career statistics

Legend
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	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	ASVEL Basket	27	23	23.5	.524	.0	.662	7.5	1.3	.8	.3	8.7	12.8
2020–21	Baskonia	30	14	18.5	.510	.0	.643	4.9	1.9	.7	.4	6.0	8.4

References

^ Chirinos, Christy (April 13, 2016). "Former 'Canes standouts Rodriguez, Jekiri and FIU's Diaz begin chasing NBA dreams". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
^ "Catching up with ProCanes: Tonye Jekiri". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
^ "ASVEL signs Tonye Jekiri". Eurohoops. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
^ "ASVEL brings in center Jekiri". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
^ "Baskonia, Tonye Jekiri agree to a 2-year deal". Sportando. July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
^ "UNICS Kazan announces 1-year deal with Tonye Jekiri". Sportando. July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

External links

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[1] Chirinos, Christy (April 13, 2016). "Former 'Canes standouts Rodriguez, Jekiri and FIU's Diaz begin chasing NBA dreams". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[2] "Catching up with ProCanes: Tonye Jekiri". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[3] "ASVEL signs Tonye Jekiri". Eurohoops. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

[4] "ASVEL brings in center Jekiri". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

[5] "Baskonia, Tonye Jekiri agree to a 2-year deal". Sportando. July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

[6] "UNICS Kazan announces 1-year deal with Tonye Jekiri". Sportando. July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

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+'''Tonye Frank Jekiri''' (born 23 July 1994) is a Nigerian professional [[basketball]] player who last played for the Russian team Fenerbahçe of the [[Basketbol Süper Ligi|Basketball Super League]] (BSL) and [[EuroLeague]].
 ==College career==