Abdoulaye Harouna Amadou (born 12 December 1992) is a Nigerien basketball player who plays for ABC Fighters and the Niger national team. He played college basketball for Miami RedHawks.

Early life

Born and raised in Niamey, Niger, Harouna was named MVP of the all-star game in Niger two times. He also participated at the Adidas Nations training camp in four years.

Abdoulaye Harouna

Harouna later moved to the United States to play high school basketball for the private boarding school South Kent School.

Abdoulaye Harouna

College career

Harouna played for the College of Southern Idaho and earned all-region honours; he was named MVP of the Region 18 tournament and helped the Golden Eagles to a 31–3 record and number 3 seed in the NCJAA tournament.

Abdoulaye Harouna

Harouna joined the Miami Redhawks team in 2015, where he wore number 30. He started in 18 games in his rookie season. Harouna redshirted the 2015–16 season.

Professional career

Harouna started his career with AS Nigelec in his home country Niger. In October 2019, Harouna played in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments with the team.

In May 2021, he joined Cameroonian club FAP Basketball to play in the inaugural BAL season. Harouna led FAP in scoring with 19.3 points per game and guided his team to the quarterfinals.

Since November 2021, Harouna plays in Morocco with AS Salé of the Division Excellence. He helped them win the Division Excellence title in 2022.

After starting the season in Morocco with Salé, in February 2023, Harouna joined the ABC Fighters for Season 3 of the BAL.

BAL career statistics

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|2021

| style="text-align:left;"|FAP

| 4 || 4 || 28.8 || .310 || .353 || .750 || 4.0 || 2.3 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 19.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|2022

| style="text-align:left;"|Salé

| 6 || 6 || 37.4 || .446 || .418 || .636 || 3.7 || 3.5 || 2.2 || 0.3 || 19.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|2023

| style="text-align:left;"|ABC Fighters

| 6 || 6 || 33.8 || .327 || .254 || .793 || 5.0 || 1.8 || 1.8 || .2 || 17.3

Personal

Harouna speaks English, French, Hausa and Zarma.

References

External links

ESPN profile

1992 births

Living people

AS Salé (basketball) players

Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Morocco

Nigerien men's basketball players

Miami RedHawks men's basketball players

FAP Basketball players

Sportspeople from Niamey

ABC Fighters players

Nigerien expatriate basketball people

Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon

Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast

Expatriate basketball people in the United States

Expatriate basketball people in Morocco

Expatriate basketball people in Cameroon

Expatriate basketball people in Ivory Coast