Alima Dembélé

Alima Dembélé
Personal information
Born (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 24)
NationalityMalian
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
WNBA draft2022: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
PositionForward
Career history
2019-2020Magnectias Contra Violence Genero
20220-2021Vega Lagunera Adareva
2021-2022Innova-TSN Leganes
2022-2023IDK Eustokren San sebastian

Alima Dembélé or Gnere Dembele (born January 20, 2000) is a center basketball player who is playing for Mali women's national basketball team and IDK Euskotren in Spain- LF Endesa.[1][2]

Career history

Alima Dembélé was 11 years when she started playing basketball.[3] She first joined La Salle Melilla in 2019 to play the Andalusian National first division where her team was placed second highest category in Spanish basketball. During 2019–2020 season she was transferred to Lanzarote to join the Magec Tias discipline to play women's league 2. Before she joined Innova-tsn Leganes, she played for island of Tenerife during 2020–2021 season.[4]

Dembélé set her career high in points in Spain- LF Endesa (W) game on 27 December 2022 after scoring 23 points in IDK Eusk.'s road win against Innova-TSN Leganes, 61- 92. On that same day she tied her career high assist after dishing 4 assist. She again set her career high in rebounds on 18 March 2023 after getting 9 rebounds in IDK Euskotren home win against Innova- TSN Leganes, 81- 54.[5] She played the 2019-2020 season at Magnectias Contra Violencia Genero where she played 1 game with 10 points per game, 4 rebounds per game, 1 steels per game before joining Ausarta Barakaldo on 19th December. She played 23 games at IDK Eustotren San Sebastian with 6.3 points per game, 3.3 rebounds per game, 0.7 assist per game and 0.6 steels per game.[6]

Mali National Team

She first represented Mali in 2016 when she was called to play FIBA U17 women's world cup. She was also part of the national youth team who played 2017 FIBA U19 women's basketball world cup, 2018 FIBA U18 women's African championship and 2019 FIBA U19 women's world cup. Dembélé was again called to the national senior team in 2021 to play 2021 women's AfroBasket. Dembele was also part of the Mali women's basketball squad that plays 2022 FIBA women's basketball world cup and 2023 women's AfroBasket.[7]

References

  1. ^ Eurobasket. "Gnere Dembele, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  2. ^ "Alima DEMBELE at the FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  3. ^ basketmali, La Redaction (2021-02-20). "ITW : Alima Dembele: the story of a young woman with big dreams - BasketMali". Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  4. ^ basketmali, La Redaction (2022-01-18). "Malian international Alima Dembélé arrives at Innova-tsn Leganés - BasketMali". Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  5. ^ Proballers. "Gnere Dembele, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  6. ^ "Gnere Alima Dembele". Prodep M. Associated. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  7. ^ "Alima Dembele - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-29.


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