Ismaël Kamagate

Ismaël Sindou Kamagate (born 17 January 2001) is an Ivorian-French professional basketball player for Bertram Derthona Tortona of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), on loan from Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.

[1][2] He grew up playing football as a goalkeeper, which he did not enjoy, before being introduced to basketball by age 11 at the Jeunesse Athlétique de Montrouge.

[1] At age 12, Kamagate began playing basketball for a local youth club Basket Paris 14 and he moved to Paris-Levallois three years later.

[4] In his first season with the club, he split playing time between the Pro B and with Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball in the Nationale Masculine 1.

[16] Kamagate represented France at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship in Greece, where he averaged 4.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.