Alfred Aboya
Aboya with in Japan in 2010.
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| Free agent | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
2 January 1985 Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Tilton School (Tilton, New Hampshire) |
| College | UCLA (2005–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2010 | Olympique Antibes (France) |
| 2010 | (Japan) |
| 2010–2011 | Hitachi Sunrockers (Japan) |
| 2012 | Bucaneros de La Guaira (Venezuela) |
| 2012 | Final Gençlik (Turkey) |
| 2012–2013 | Shiga Lakestars (Japan) |
| 2013 | Final Gençlik (Turkey) |
| 2013–2014 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants (D-League) |
| 2014 | Reno Bighorns (D-League) |
| 2014 | Al-Ittihad Tripoli (Libya) |
| 2014 | Reno Bighorns (D-League) |
| 2014–2015 | Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League) |
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Alfred Aboya Baliaba (born 2 January 1985) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, advancing to three Final Fours. He was a member of the winningest class in UCLA history with 123 wins.
Aboya grew up and attended high school in Cameroon before attending prep school in the United States. He attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned his undergraduate degree in three years while playing four season for the Bruins. Aboya began his professional career in France, followed by Japan, Venezuela, and Turkey before returning to Japan.
Aboya was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon to his mother, Kedi Kofane Angele, and his father, Baliaba Aboya Casimir.
He graduated from high school in Cameroon and then attended prep school at Tilton School in Tilton, New Hampshire. He was recruited by Tilton coach Scott Willard, who had only seen a picture of Aboya soaring for a slam dunk. The school was looking to grow its international student population, and it was developing an English as a Second Language program. Tilton had never had any students from Africa, while Aboya spoke a couple of languages—none of them English—and he was a star in two sports including basketball. Though he had already graduated from high school, Aboya was willing to sacrifice two years at Tilton as a path toward an American university education.
He was a raw player when he began at Tilton. He became a dominant center by his senior year, and he drew attention from colleges like Georgetown and UCLA. On a visit to the West Coast, Aboya became friends with Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who grew up near him in Yaoundé.
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