Senegalese basketball player (born 1989)
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| name = Michel Diouf
| image = Michel Diouf (cropped).jpg
| caption = Diouf with Bakken Bears in 2021
| number = 11
| position = Center
| height_m = 2.08
| weight_kg = 102
| league = KBF Premier League
| team = Nairobi City Thunder
| birth_date = (1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 (age 35)
| birth_place = Medina Gounass, Senegal
| nationality = Senegalese
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| draft_year = 2011
| career_start = 2007
| years1 = 2007–2009
| team1 = CB Qalat
| years2 = 2009–2011
| team2 = CB Tarragona
| years3 = 2011–2012
| team3 = Palencia
| years4 = 2012
| team4 = Fuenlabrada
| years5 = 2012–2014
| team5 = Breogán
| years6 = 2014–2015
| team6 = Miraflores Burgos
| years7 = 2015–2024
| team7 = [[Bakken
| highlights = * FIBA Europe Cup all-time leading scorer
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| years8 = 2024–present
| team8 = Nairobi City Thunder
}}
Michel Diogoye Diouf (born 19 April 1989) is a Senegalese professional basketball player. Diouf is a four-time winner of the Basketligaen Defender of the Year award.[1] He is the current all-time leader in points, rebounds and blocks in the FIBA Europe Cup.[2]
Career
In the 2020–21 season, Diouf won his fifth Basketligaen championship with Bakken Bears and was named the Finals MVP.[3] On 21 March 2022, Diouf became the all-time leading scorer of the FIBA Europe Cup in a quarterfinal game against Oradea. He surpassed Trae Golden's record of 789 total points.[2] Diouf left Bakken after a nine-year stint in 2024.[4]
On 19 September 2024, Diouf joined the Nairobi City Thunder of the Kenyan KBF Premier League and the Road to BAL.[5]
Honours
Club
Bakken Bears
Individual
References