![]() Sie playing with ABC in 2019 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 31 August 1999 |
Died | 6 April 2022 Abidjan, Ivory Coast | (aged 22)
Nationality | Ivorian |
Listed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2019–2022 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 14 |
Career history | |
2019–2021 | ABC / ABC Fighters |
2021–2022 | DUC |
Louis Cyrille Jean Benoît She (31 August 1999 – 6 April 2022), better known as Abraham Sie, was an Ivorian basketball player. During his career he played for the Ivory Coast national basketball team.[1][2]
Sie was a former football player and taekwondo fighter, he was the Ivorian taekwondo champion twice before he started playing basketball.[3] He played for the Ivorian side Abidjan Basket Club,[4] he participated in the Basketball Africa League qualifiers where he averaged 14.33 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists.[5][6]
In October 2021, Sie signed with DUC Dakar, the champions of Senegal.[7]
Sie represented the Ivory Coast national basketball team. He was included in the Ivorian team roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, but he did not play a match based on the decision of the coach.[8][9][10]
Sie died on 6 April 2022 in Abidjan at age 22, as was announced by his club DUC Dakar.[11]