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Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ugbo (born April 14, 2003) is a Nigerian-Dutch professional basketball player who plays for the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. He is a 2.01 m tall power forward.
Early life and career
Born in Italy to Nigerian parents, Ugbo started playing basketball at age 14 with local club CBV Binnenland, after previously playing soccer. After a year, he switched to play for BC Triple Threat in Haarlem. After two seasons, Ugbo moved to Amsterdam to play for the Orange Lions Academy, a program affiliated with Basketball Nederland.
After a try-out with Riesen Ludwigsburg he moved to Germany to play for the club's Under-19 team. After his first season in Ludwigsburg, in september 2021 he won the Most Improved Player of the year award from Porsche (The sponsor of the youth program named Porsche BBA) after this season where he played on the Under-19 team, second mens team in the Regionalliga and getting multiple opportunities to play with Riesen Ludwigsburg in their respective competitions, in July 2022 Ugbo also played in the NBA Academy Games Atlanta on an invitational team.
Professional career
On 5 October 2021, Ugbo made his debut for Riesen Ludwigsburg in the Basketball Championsleague, playing one minute against Dinamo Basket Sassari
On 16 October 2021, Ugbo made his debut for Riesen Ludwigsburg in the Basketball Bundesliga, playing one minute against Göttingen.
National team career
In 2022, Ugbo plays for the U20 Netherlands men's national basketball team.