Valériane Ayayi
French basketball player
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Valériane Ayayi (born 29 April 1994) is a French professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for USK Praha.[1] She previously played for the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
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Ayayi in 2025 | |
| No. 11 – Phoenix Mercury | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 29 April 1994 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 152 lb (69 kg) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2014 | Basket Landes |
| 2014–2016 | Basket Lattes |
| 2015 | San Antonio Stars |
| 2016–2017 | ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
| 2017–2018 | Tango Bourges Basket |
| 2018–2020 | USK Praha |
| 2020–2022 | Basket Landes |
| 2022–2026 | USK Praha |
| 2026–present | Phoenix Mercury |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Medals | |
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | San Antonio | 16 | 0 | 9.2 | .313 | .190 | .429 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 16 | 0 | 9.2 | .313 | .190 | .429 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
Personal life
Ayayi is of Beninese descent.[3] Her father played basketball professionally in France and also for the Beninese national team.[4] Ayayi's younger brother, Joël, played college basketball at Gonzaga University in the United States and professionally in the Los Angeles Lakers summer league and with the Washington Wizards, and has also represented France at youth level.[5][6] Ayayi's younger sister, Laure, also played the sport, and Laure's twin brother, Gérald, played in the third division of professional basketball in France.[6][7]
Ayayi is married to professional Serbian basketball player, Filip Vukosavljević.[7] After the conclusion of the 2020 Olympics, Ayayi revealed that she competed in the tournament while she was three and a half months pregnant with her first child.[8] In January 2022, she gave birth to her daughter, Alani, and two and a half months later made her return playing for Basket Landes.[9]
