Pitchou Kambuy Manga
Congolese basketball player (born 1988)
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Pitchou Kambuy Manga (born 12 December 1988) is a Congolese basketball player who plays for Tigers of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). He also plays for the DR Congo men's national basketball team.
Kambuy Manga in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | RBL BAL | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2010: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2022 | Mazembe | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | REG | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Chaux Sport | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Professional career
From 2011, Kambuy Manga played for Mazembe and has several appearances in the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup with the team.[1]
In April, Kambuy Manga signed in Spain with CB Prat, Club Joventut Badalona's farm team,[2] but the deal did not manifest as Mazembe asked for a transfer sum.[3]
In February 2022, he joined REG of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL).[4] He was named to the All-RBL First Team for the 2021–22 season.[5] With REG, Kambuy Manga made his debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). On 14 March 2022, he had a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds in a win over US Monastir.[6]
Kambuy Manga was named the RBL's Defensive Player of the Year in the 2024 season.[7]
In October 2024, he joined Congolese champions Chaux Sport for the Road to BAL 2025.[8]
National team career
Kambuy Manga represented DR Congo at AfroBasket tournaments in 2017 and 2021. He was the captain of his country at AfroCan 2019, where the Congo won a gold medal.[1][9] He averaged 8 points and 4.8 rebounds for his country in the tournament.[10]