Amath M'Baye

Amadou-Amath M'Baye (born 14 December 1989) is a French professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at 2.06m, he plays at the power forward position.

Career
Born in France, M'Baye is of Senegalese descent. In the first two years as an NCAA men's basketball player, Amath M'Baye was in Wyoming. He averaged 12 points and 5.7 rebounds in 31 games. For that reason he received the individual award "All-MWC Honorable Mention". He later transferred to the Oklahoma Sooners where he played in the 2012–13 season (after sitting out one year, per NCAA transfer rules), having an average of 10.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He was in the third-best quintet of the "All-Big12" and later in the best quintet of the "Big12 All-rookie".

M'Baye started his professional career in Japan with the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins for three seasons, from 2013 to 2016. During these three years, he averaged 20.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists. During the 2014–15 season, he won the MVP award at the Japan All-Star Game and he was in the best quintet of the local league.

As a young player, Amath M'Baye was selected up for the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Greece with the French national basketball team, winning the silver medal.

In 2016, the French player signed a contract with the Italian basketball team New Basket Brindisi, and he will take part to the 2016–17 LBA season.

On 26 July 2019 he signed a contract with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. M'Baye averaged 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game during the 2019–2020 season. On July 3, 2020, he re-signed with the team. M'Baye averaged 16.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. He re-signed with Pınar Karşıyaka on August 10, 2021.

On June 2, 2022, he signed with Anadolu Efes of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). In 33 EuroLeague games, he averaged 7 points and 2.8 rebounds, playing around 21 minutes per contest. On June 26, 2023, he parted ways with the Turkish powerhouse.

EuroLeague

 * style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18
 * style="text-align:left;"| Milano
 * 30 || 10 || 17.7 || .463 || .379 || .791 || 2.0 || .9 || .4 || .1 || 6.1 || 5.1
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23
 * style="text-align:left;"| Anadolu Efes
 * 33 || 15 || 21.5 || .521 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.517* || .850 || 2.8 || .5 || .3 || .3 || 7.0 || 7.2
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career
 * 63 || 25 || 19.7 || .493 || .458 || .819 || 2.4 || .7 || .3 || .2 || 6.6 || 6.2
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career
 * 63 || 25 || 19.7 || .493 || .458 || .819 || 2.4 || .7 || .3 || .2 || 6.6 || 6.2

Club
Победитель Единой лиги ВТБ: 2023-2024 Чемпион России: 2023-2024
 * Olimpia Milano
 * Lega Basket Serie A: 2017–18
 * Italian Supercup: 2017
 * Virtus Bologna
 * Basketball Champions League: 2018–19
 * ЦСКА Москва

International

 * Italy Under-20
 * European U20 Championship: 2009 Greece

Individual

 * All-Champions League Second Team: 2018–19
 * NBL Best Quintet: 2014–15
 * NBL All-Star Game MVP: 2015