User:N'faba Mane/sandbox

N'faba Mane is a franco-senegalese aspiring professional basketball player, born in Paris on September 29th 2006. N'faba Mane who also played soccer, started playing basketball at the age of 13, but it was at the age of 15 when he started taking the game seriously, working hard to improve consistently through a player development program that was proposed to him by Fidesport. Without a Club from early December 2021, N'faba Mane managed to considerably improve his individual skill level and physique, and was invited by Cholet Basket to attend a try-out from May 24th to May 25th 2022. In that occasion N'faba Mane was able to showcase his talent and competitive attitude making the U18 Cholet Basket Team that plays nationally in France. He had joined Cholet Basket on August 19th and played there until December 15th 2022 before returning to Paris and join Stella Azzurra Academy in Rome Italy as of January 8th 2023. After a period of two months spent in Rome and playing well in a couple of games for Stella Azzurra, N'faba Mane returned to Paris to obtain his French Nationality on March 14th 2023. From March 27th to April 7th he spent two weeks in Switzerland training with top division teams that include professional players, Union Neuchâtel, Nyon BBC and Pully Basket. During his days in Switzerland N'faba Mane left a very good impression. In April 2023 N'faba has joined the Europrobasket International Academy in Valencia (Spain) and in September he took his talents to the US, joining the Springdale Prep. Lions where he later completed a successful 2023/24 first season in America. In July he was selected by the Senegalese U18 National Team.