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Rolly Fula Nganga
No. 15 – Bangui Sporting Club
PositionShooting guard
LeagueBAL
Personal information
Born (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31)
Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Listed height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career history
0ASB Soyo de Matadi
0SCTP
0Ravens
2014–2018Mazembe
2018–2019Dalia Sportive de Grombalia
2019Mazembe
2021–2022Espoir Fukash
2022Bangui Sporting Club
2023APR
2023–presentBangui Sporting Club
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  Democratic Republic of the Congo
FIBA AfroCan
Gold medal – first place 2019 Mali

Rolly Fula Nganga (born 2 February 1993) is a Congolese basketball player, who plays for APR, Bangui Sporting Club and the Democratic Republic of the Congo national team. Standing at 198 cm (6 ft 6 in), he plays as shooting guard.[1]

Career

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Fula Nganga started his career playing for ASB Soyo de Matadi, SCTP and Ravens,[2] before signing with Mazembe in 2014. He stayed there for four years, winning the Cup of Congo three times (2014, 2017 and 2018). After that, Fula played with Dalia Sportive de Grombalia in Tunisia for one season. In 2019, he returned to Mazembe to play in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[3]

In March 2020, Fula signed with GS Pétroliers in Algeria to play in the 2020 BAL season.[4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the season was cancelled and Fula never played for the team.

In October 2021, Fula was on the roster of Espoir Fukash during the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[5] He scored 29 points in the decisive game against AS Police, to help the team qualify for the 2022 BAL season.[6] On April 19, 2022, Fula scored a game-high 29 points in Espoir's first-ever league win over Cape Town.[7] In the 2022 BAL regular season, he averaged a team-high 18.4 points per game on 40.2% shooting from the field, along with 5.6 rebounds.

In November 2022, he was on the roster of Bangui Sporting Club during the 2023 Road to BAL.

In January 2023, Fula Nganga signed with APR of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL).[8] He won the 2023 RBL championship, APR's first title in 14 years.[9]

In October 2023, Fula Nganga returned to Bangui Sporting Club for a second Road to BAL tournament. This time, he helped Bangui to successfully qualify for the 2024 BAL season. On 5 November 2023, he scored the game-winning three pointer in the West Division final against FUS Rabat.[10] Fula Nganga averaged a career-high 20.2 points per game, 3.2 rebounds, and 2 steals per game while shooting 47.8% from three-point range.

National team career

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Fula Nganga was a member of the DR Congo national basketball team, and helped the team win the gold medal at FIBA AfroCan 2019, contributing 17 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.[11]

BAL career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2022 Espoir Fukash 5 4 32.5 .402 .317 .750 5.6 2.4 1.0 .4 18.4
2024 Bangui SC 6 6 37.6 .524 .478 .688 3.2 1.5 2.0 0.7 20.2

References

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  1. ^ "Rolly Fula Nganga Player Profile". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Basketball /Covid-19 : « Ce confinement peut sérieusement affecter le morale » (Rolly Fula Nganga)". Actualite.cd (in French). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Qui est Rolly Fula, le congolais qui fait la force du BC Mazembe ?". LeCoindole. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Congolese forward Fula to GSP". 29 February 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ "BC Espoir Fukash at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Espoir Fukash beat AS Police in overtime, qualify to BAL 2022". FIBA.basketball. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. ^ "BC Espoir Fukash (CONGO)". The BAL. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (13 January 2023). "Basketball: Congolese guard Fula Nganga signs for APR". The New Times. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (9 September 2023). "PHOTOS: Basketball: APR clinch first championship in 14 years". The New Times. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Bangui win West Division Elite 16". FIBA.basketball. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Rolly FULA NGANGA at the FIBA AfroCan 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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