Abroad basketball, which on a regular basis materials numerous internationals to many groups in France, has just misplaced a single of its most important figures. Saint-Ange Vebobe died unintentionally in the course of the night from Sunday to Monday on his native island of Martinique at the age of 69.
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This previous winger (1.98m), father of previous basketball gamers Luc-Arthur, Diego and Marvin Vebobe, held technological executive positions there. He was in certain the very first coach of Ronny Turiaf, a single of his successors in the blue jersey. Vebobe progressed in the selection from 1973 to 1979, the 12 months in which he participated in the Euro (8th), just before generating a quick return there (3 of his 76 appearances) in 1984 and 1985.
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“He was a terrific teammate and a excellent boy, a participant who represented altruism, sacrifice”
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In the French Championship, wherever he performed for two decades concerning 1970 and 1990, Vebobe subsequently performed in Vichy, Clermont, Antibes, Villeurbanne (with whom he played the last of the Coupe des Coupes in 1983, lost in Spain in opposition to Pesaro, 111- 99), Caen and Avignon.
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“The shock of his disappearance is brutal. I was fairly near to him, we were being extremely pals and I appreciated him a whole lot, spontaneously wished to greet Vincent Collet on Monday in Cologne. He was a excellent teammate and a great person. He is section of the French workforce spouse and children. He is a participant who represented self-denial, sacrifice, was an outstanding defender, an amazing athlete. I performed with him in Caen in 1985-1986. He was presently at the end of his profession and I was very younger. But he was the great teammate, he labored for some others, he did everything and, humanly speaking, he was exemplary. I hope we will gain the activity for him tomorrow (versus Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Euro). “
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