Ablaye Mbaye

Ablaye Mbaye
Club Melilla Baloncesto
Position	Center
League	LEB Oro
Personal information
Born	13 June 1990 (age 33); Yeumbeul, Senegal
Nationality	Senegalese / Spanish
Listed height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2016	FC Barcelona
2008–2009	→Sabadell
2009–2010	→Cornellà
2010–2016	→FC Barcelona B
2016–2020	Força Lleida
2020–	Melilla
Career highlights and awards
	Spanish League champion (2012);

Papa Abdoulaye Mbaye (born 13 June 1990), commonly known as Ablaye Mbaye, is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Club Melilla Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. Born in Yeumbeul, Senegal, he also holds Spanish citizenship.

Career[edit]

Played for Arona Basket Sur at Canary Islands before enter the FC Barcelona Bàsquet junior team on 2007. Nike International Junior Tournament runner-up in 2008, scoring 11 points and grabbing 9 rebounds in the final game against FMP.

In 2008 and 2009 was loaned to Unió Sabadell and CB Cornellà, both farm teams of FC Barcelona Bàsquet. Being a reserve team member, made his professional debut on 12 October 2011, playing 3 minutes for FC Barcelona Bàsquet on a Liga ACB game against CB Estudiantes.^[1] He played two more games on 2011–12 season, becoming League champion. Made his EuroLeague debut on 12 May 2013, playing 5 minutes in the Final Four game against CSKA Moscow.

In June 2016 terminated his contract, after six seasons playing for the reserve team on LEB Oro and LEB Plata.

On 7 August 2016, signed for LEB Oro side Força Lleida.^[2]

Mbaye played for the Senegalese men's national team on the 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship.

^ "Barça Regal: Números que asustan" [Barça Regal: scary numbers] (in Spanish). Liga ACB. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
^ "Papa Mbaye nou pivot de l'Actel Força Lleida" [Papa Mbaye, new center for Actel Força Lleida] (in Catalan). Força Lleida CE. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.