Gaston Essengué (born October 10, 1983) is a Cameroonian basketball power forward with Club Atletico Quilmes in the Argentina National League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national team. Essengué first attended Compton College and Weatherford College in Texas, where he graduated from in 2005. He then transferred to UNLV, from where he graduated in 2007.
Essengué joined Venados de Mazatlán of the CIBACOPA in mid-2022.[1] He signed with the Buras de Hermosillo of the Circuito de Baloncesto del Pacífico (CIBAPAC) later that year.[2]
National team career
Essengué won a silver medal with the Cameroon national team at AfroBasket 2007. Following AfroBasket 2015, where Cameroon finished in ninth place, he retired from the national team.[3]
References
- ^ "Gaston Essengue (ex Ameghino) joins Mazatlan". Afrobasket.com. May 1, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ "Buras de Hermosillo, listos para su encuentro con Nogales Guinda este viernes". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). September 13, 2022. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ "Essengue se retire de l'équipe nationale du Cameroun". basketmali.com (in French). August 30, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
External links
- Profile at eurobasket.com
- Interview[permanent dead link ] Las Vegas Sun, 3 January 2006
- UNLV Runnin’ Rebels bio