Ademola Okulaja, born on 10 July 1975 and died in Berlin on 17 May 2022, was a German professional basketball player. Born in Nigeria to a German mother and a Nigerian father, he moved to Berlin with his family at the age of three. A forward standing 2.06 metres tall, he played college basketball at the University of North Carolina from 1995 to 1999 and later built a long career in Europe, with ALBA Berlin, CB Girona, Barcelona, Unicaja Málaga, Pamesa Valencia, Benetton Treviso, RheinEnergie Köln and finally the Brose Baskets, before announcing his retirement in July 2010. He earned 172 caps for the German national team, captained it for many years, and won bronze at the 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championship. After playing he worked as a broadcaster and as an agent for the NBA player Dennis Schröder.
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Ademola Okulaja (10 July 1975-17 May 2022) was a German professional basketball player
Competed In: FIBA Basketball World Cup, Professional career, German national team
He competed with the German national team at the 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championship in the US, winning bronze
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