Luc Loubaki in February 2023 | |
No. 20 – Lille Métropole | |
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Position | Guard |
League | LNB Pro B |
Personal information | |
Born | (1997-01-20) January 20, 1997 (age 27) Pontoise, France |
Nationality | French |
Listed height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
Career history | |
2015–2017 | Orléans |
2017–2019 | Monaco |
2019–2021 | Lille Métropole |
2021–2022 | Boulazac Basket Dordogne |
2022–present | Lille Métropole |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Luc Arnaud Loubaki (born January 20, 1997, in Pontoise) is a French professional basketball player for Lille Métropole of the LNB Pro B.
Professional career
Having come through the youth ranks of Entente Cergy-Osny-Pontoise, Loubaki joined the Paris-Levallois youth set-up in 2010. He won the 2012 French national junior championship with the club and subsequently enrolled at INSEP, the French National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance. Loubaki played in the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic International Game, scoring 10 points. In 2014, he garnered MVP honors at the Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp in Rome. As a member of the INSEP squad, Loubaki competed in the third-tier league NM1 and graduated in 2015. In his final season at INSEP, he averaged 9.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.8 steals a contest in NM1 play.
In July 2015, Loubaki signed his first professional contract, a five-year deal with Orléans Loiret Basket of the French top-flight LNB Pro A. He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but removed his name from the list.
He inked with AS Monaco Basket prior to the 2017-18 season.
On April 18, 2019, he has signed contract with Lille Métropole of the French LNB Pro B.
On July 15, 2021, he has signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B.
National team
He was part of the French junior national teams on several occasions, including the 2013 U16 and 2015 U18 European Championship as well as the 2014 U17 World Championships.
External links
References
- "Ils ont débuté au club". www.cergypontoisebb.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Pro A : Premier contrat pro à Orléans pour Luc Loubaki - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "2013 Jordan Brand Classic International Game | Jordan Brand Classic". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Jamal Murray and Lorvo Mazalin MVPs of the JBC International Game | Jordan Brand Classic". jordanbrandclassic.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "FIBA/NBA - Basketball without Borders enjoys Italian job". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Stats joueur | FFBB". www.ffbb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- France, Centre. "Loubaki, ou la volonté exprimée de " construire dans la durée "". www.larep.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- Release, Official. "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Luc Loubaki quitte Orléans pour Monaco". Basket Europe (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- "Lille signs Luc Loubaki". Sportando. April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- "Le Bbd Recrute 2 Nouveaux Joueurs". boulazac-basket-dordogne.com (in French). July 15, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- "Luc Loubaki | U16 European Championship Men (2013) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Luc Loubaki | U18 Europe Championship Men - Division A". u18men.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Luc LOUBAKI at the Players of the FIBA U17 World Championship 2014 - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- AS Monaco Basket players
- Black French sportspeople
- Boulazac Basket Dordogne players
- French men's basketball players
- French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
- Guards (basketball)
- Lille Métropole BC players
- Orléans Loiret Basket players
- Sportspeople from Pontoise
- 21st-century French sportsmen