Caleb Agada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
-0_3.jpg) Agada with Avtodor in 2024 | |
| No. 4 – Força Lleida | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Liga ACB |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 31, 1994 Lafia, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian / Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Assumption (Burlington, Ontario) |
| College | Ottawa (2012–2017) |
| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Career history | |
| 2017–2018 | Prat |
| 2018–2019 | Hamilton Honey Badgers |
| 2018–2020 | Melilla |
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| 2021–2022 | Melbourne United |
| 2022–2024 | Prometey |
| 2023 | Ottawa Blackjacks |
| 2024–2025 | Avtodor |
| 2025 | Al Ahli Tripoli |
| 2025–present | Força Lleida |
| Career highlights | |
| |
Caleb Apochi Agada ⓘ(born 31 August 1994) is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for Força Lleida of the Liga ACB. Born in Nigeria and raised in Canada,[1] he represents the Nigerian national basketball team, and played at the 2021 Olympics.[2] In 2020-21 he led the Israel Basketball Premier League in points per game and steals per game.
Agada was born in Lafia, Nigeria, and moved to the Canadian city of Burlington, Ontario, at the age of six.[3]
College career
Agada played college basketball for the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees from 2012–2017.[4]
He was awarded back-to-back national U SPORTS Defensive Player of the Year honours in 2015-16 and 2016-17. At the conference level, Agada was named an OUA First Team All-Star in three consecutive seasons from 2014 to 2017.[5]
In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 14.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a fifth-year senior, earning Second Team All-Canadian honours.[6]