No. 43 – FMP | |
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Position | Forward |
League |
ABA League Basketball League of Serbia |
Personal information | |
Born |
Melbourne, Victoria |
2 January 1996
Nationality | Australian |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | UCLA (2014–2016) |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–present | FMP Beograd |
Career highlights and awards | |
Jonah Anthony Bolden (born 2 January 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for FMP Beograd of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia. He is the son of an American former pro basketball player, and moved to the United States as a senior in high school. A highly ranked college recruit, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. Bolden was ineligible to play with the Bruins in his freshman year in 2014–15 after the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled him a partial-qualifier due to his transferring as a high school senior. After playing with UCLA as a sophomore, he left the school to play professionally. He also played for the Australia national under-19 basketball team in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in 2013.
Bolden was born in Melbourne, Victoria, to Bruce Bolden and Marie Yacoub. His American father played pro-basketball, including 17 years in the National Basketball League in Australia. Jonah Bolden played at Homebush Boys High School in Homebush, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, before moving to the United States in 2013 to play as a senior at Findlay College Prep, a private preparatory school in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas. However, his high school eligibility expired after his first semester and he transferred midseason to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.