Aloysius Anagonye is a Nigerian American

Nigerian American

Nigerian Americans are citizens of the United States of America who are or descend from immigrants from Nigeria. Since the late 1960s and early 1970s, approximately one million Nigerians have immigrated in to the United States....

 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player with the KK Union Olimpija of the Adriatic Basketball League. A graduate of Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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 in 2003, Anagonye has also played for the Basket Livorno

Basket Livorno

Basket Livorno, also known for sponsorship reasons as TDShop.it Livorno was an Italian basketball club based in Livorno.In 2008/09 season it played in the Italian LegADue , but after that season the team finished its activity due to debits.It got relegated from Serie A, the top division, after the...

 (2005-2006) and theSutor Basket Montegranaro

Sutor Basket Montegranaro

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 in Italy

Italy

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 (2006–2007). Although he was born in the United States

United States

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, Anagonye played internationally with the Nigeria national basketball team

Nigeria national basketball team

The Nigeria national basketball team is the national team of Nigeria and is generally considered one of the best in Africa along with Angola and Senegal. They are ranked 21st in the world FIBA rankings....

 at the 2006 FIBA World Championship

2006 FIBA World Championship

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 and the FIBA Africa Championship 2007

FIBA Africa Championship 2007

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, where Nigeria finished in 5th place. His current club is Union Olimpija ( member of Adriatic League and Euroleague

Euroleague

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 ), where has he also played in 2003/04 season.

External links

• Euroleague player profile
• Adriatic league player profile
• Aloysius Anagonye D League profile
• Anagonye hungry for his own title StateNews, 23 March 2003
• ACB Profile @ acb.com