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Basketball, Okulaja died aged 46, German basketball flag

In the 2003-04 season he was also in Treviso: 8 games with an average of 13.3 points per game in the Benetton jersey

Mourning in the world of European basketball: Ademola Okulaja, a Nigerian with a German passport, died at 46. “He was a great player and he was a great person. Personally I have lost a great friend: I will miss him very much, ”said the president of the German basketball federation, Ingo Weiss. With the Germany shirt he had collected 172 appearances: he had been captain and had participated in six European Championships and two World Championships (bronze in the 2002 edition).

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At the club level he was seen with the shirts of Alba Berlin, Girona, Barcelona, ​​Malaga, Girona, Valencia, Cologne 99ers, Khimki, Alicante and, finally, Bamberg. In the 2003-04 season he played in the final of the season for Benetton-Treviso: two regular and 6 playoff games (8 total, 7 in the starting five), 13.3 average points, high of 21 in game-3 of the quarterfinals against Cantù .

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