Ousmane Diop (basketball)

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Ousmane Diop

No. 25 – Olimpia Milano
Position	Center / power forward
League	LBA EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(2000-02-19) February 19, 2000 (age 24) Rufisque, Senegal
Nationality	Senegalese / Italian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2024	Dinamo Sassari
2018–2019	→ Dinamo Cagliari
2019–2021	→ Basket Torino
2024–present	Olimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Europe Cup (2019) Serie A2 MVP (2021)

Ousmane Diop (born February 19, 2000) is a Senegalese professional basketball player who plays as a center for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega basket serie A and the EuroLeague. He is a player with a great physique and good athleticism, with his 6'7'' by 220 lb he is mainly able to play the role of center, but also that of power forward; he knows how to play both front and back to the basket.

He made his debut in Italy in the 2016–17 season of the Serie A2 league, in Pallacanestro Udine, a team with which, in the following season, he played in the play-offs of the East Group. In August 2018 he signed a four-year contract with the Dinamo Sassari.^[1][2]

Even though Diop hasn't got Italian citizenship, he has Italian formation.

• Ousmane Diop, on Legabasket.it, Lega Basket.
• Ousmane Diop, on Basketball-reference.com, Sports Reference LLC.
• Ousmane Diop, on eurobasket.com, Eurobasket Inc.
• Ousmane Diop, on realgm.com, RealGM LLC.
• Ousmane Diop, on LegaPallacanestro.com, Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro.