Andrew Albicy (born 21 March 1990) is a French professional basketball player for Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represents the French national team in international competition.

Andrew Albicy
Albicy in 2019
No. 6 – Herbalife Gran Canaria
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1990-03-21) 21 March 1990 (age 34)
Sèvres, France
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2011Paris-Levallois
2011–2012Gravelines
2012–2014Paris-Levallois
2014–2016Gravelines
2016–2019Andorra
2019–2020Zenit Saint Petersburg
2020–presentHerbalife Gran Canaria
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  France
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 China
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lithuania
Silver medal – second place 2022 Germany

Club career

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Albicy with Paris-Levallois in December 2012

Albicy has played with the Paris-Levallois Basket's youth team as a junior. He made a few appearances for the club's senior team between 2006 and 2009, before playing his first full season for the team in the 2009–10 season.[1] Albicy averaged 4.5 points and 3.6 assists per game for the team while backing up starting guard Jimmal Ball.[2]

Albicy initially declared as an early-entry candidate for the 2010 NBA draft before withdrawing his name from consideration.[3]

On 31 July 2014 he signed a two-year deal with BCM Gravelines.[4]

After finishing his contract at Gravelines, in June 2016 Albicy signed for MoraBanc Andorra.[5] This will be his first experience out of France. On 24 August 2017 he signed a two-year contract extension with Andorra.[6] In the 2018–19 season, Albicy reached the semi-finals of the EuroCup with Andorra.

On 17 June 2019 Albicy signed a contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.[7] He parted ways with the team on 20 July 2020.[8] Albicy averaged 6.6 points and 4.4 assists per game. On 25 July 2020 he signed with Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB.[9]

International career

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Albicy played with the French national basketball team at each level of junior basketball. He appeared for the team at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, U18 European Championship Men 2008 Division A, FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009, and 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[2] He was named tournament MVP for the gold-medal winning French team at the 2010 Under-20 tournament.

He was called to the senior French team for the first time at the 2010 FIBA World Championship to replace fellow point guard Rodrigue Beaubois. At only twenty years of age, he was the youngest member of the French team at the tournament.

Personal life

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Albicy's mother is from the French overseas department of Martinique.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Andrew Albicy Profile Archived 2010-09-12 at the Wayback Machine at draftexpress.com
  2. ^ a b Profile Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  3. ^ Andrew Albicy at nbadraft.net
  4. ^ "Gravelines-Dunkerque lands Andrew Albicy". Sportando.com. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  5. ^ "El base francès Andrew Albicy, primer fitxatge del projecte 16/17" (in Catalan). BC Andorra. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ "MoraBanc Andorra signs Andrew Albicy to a contract extension". Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Эндрю Альбиси — в "Зените"" (in Russian). Zenit Basket Official. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Andrew Albicy officially leaves BC Zenit". Sportando. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Herbalife Gran Canaria announces Andrew Albicy". Sportando. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Eurobasket 2022 : le Martiniquais Andrew Albicy contraint de quitter le groupe de préparation". Outre-mer la 1ère. 31 July 2022.
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