Dame Diagne
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Diagne with Indonesia in 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 – Satria Muda Bandung | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / small forward | |||||||||||||||||
| League | IBL | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 July 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indonesian / Senegalese | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| High school | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2021–present | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2021-2023 | Indonesia Patriots | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023-present | Satria Muda Bandung | |||||||||||||||||
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Dame Diagne (born July 29, 2005) is an Indonesian-Senegalese professional basketball player for the Satria Muda Pertamina of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). Mainly plays both forward positions, he can also play the point guard position.
In his early career, Satria Muda legend, Dwui Eriano is someone who managed to discover Dame's talent.[1] At that time Dwui went to Senegal, and he saw Dame's talent playing basketball at his hometown, which he then decided to recruit Dame to Indonesia.[2]
Personal life
He was naturalized as an Indonesian citizen in 2021 alongside Marques Bolden and Serigne Modou Kane.[3][4] Dame is now recognised or considered as an Indonesian in FIBA competitions. Via new FIBA rules in late 2025 suggests that, players getting a passport before their 18th birthday are now eligible to play for that country's national team without being designated as naturalized.[5]