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Biography
Judicaël Romaric Belemene Dzabatou (born February 19, 1997 in Pointe-Noire) is a Congolese professional basketball player. He is currently a member of Bàsquet Manresa.
Career
Belemene hails from the Republic of the Congo. As a teenager, he attended the Serge Ibaka Camp and then joined the Spanish club Unicaja Málaga as a 14-year-old. He played in Unicaja’s youth set-up and in 2013 earned himself a spot on the roster of the club’s second men’s team. He made quite an impression his first year, averaging 9.3 points and 5.6 boards per contest in EBA play. Belemene also saw playing time at CB Clínicas Rincón in the LEB Oro, the second tier of basketball in Spain. In the course of the 2014-15 campaign, Belemene made his debut on Unicaja’s first team in the top league ACB, while mainly seeing playing time at CB Clinicas Rincón. He made a leap forward statistically at Rincón in 2015-16, scoring 14.9 points per outing to go along with 5.6 rebounds a game in 34 appearances in the LEB Plata.
He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but decided to withdraw his name from the list. In July 2016, he inked a two-year deal with ACB side Bàsquet Manresa.