Andrea Mabor Dut Biar

Andrea Mabor Dut Biar
No. 44 – Napoli Basket
PositionCenter
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 23)
South Sudan
Listed height2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
Listed weight110 kg (243 lb)
Career history
2017–2023Stella Azzurra Roma
2023–presentNapoli Basket

Andrea Mabor Dut Biar (born December 12, 2001) is a South Sudanese basketball player with Italian citizenship for Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Biography

Born in Sudan in 2001, at the age of nine he moved to live with his relatives in South Sudan, where since 2013 he was involved in the civil war that broke out in the African country.[1] In 2017 he arrived in Italy, where he joined the youth team of Stella Azzurra Roma, where he remained and joined the first team until 2023, when he joined the Lega Basket Serie A team Napoli Basket. He won the Coppa Italia with the team in 2024.[2]

References

  1. ^ "La favola di Andrea Dut Mabor che ha vinto con la Gevi Napoli: la fuga dalla guerra e dal Sud Sudan fino al sogno della Coppa Italia". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  2. ^ "DALLA GUERRA IN SUD SUDAN ALLA COPPA ITALIA CON LA GENERAZIONE VINCENTE NAPOLI: LA STORIA DI ANDREA MABOR DUT BIAR". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-10-17.