Romain Sato

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Romain Sato
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2013–2017Valencia
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Romain Guessagba-Sato-Lebel (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmɛ̃ ɡesaɡba sato ləbɛl]; born March 2, 1981), generally known as Romain Sato, is a former Central African professional basketball player. Standing at a height of 1.96 m (6' 5"), he played as a swingman.

High school

Sato attended Dayton Christian High School, while living in Moraine, Ohio, in the United States. While there, he played basketball, and in 2000 Sato was selected as Mr. Basketball for the state of Ohio. In 2019 he was elected to the Dayton Christian High School Athletic Hall of Fame, and in 2021 the school retired his #23 jersey.

College career

Sato graduated from

Xavier University in 2004, having majored in French, after playing college basketball with the Xavier Musketeers
.

Professional career

Sato was selected by the

Italian Second Division[1] with Sicc Cucine Jesi
. He was the league's second-leading scorer in the 2005–06 season, averaging 25.5 points per game, and also adding 7.5 rebounds per game.

In Romain's three playoff games that season, he averaged 35 points and 14.6 rebounds. From there, he went to

Italian League MVP in 2010.[4]

In July 2010, he signed a three-year contract with

Fenerbahçe Ülker.[5] He left them after one season. In August 2012, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish team Valencia Basket.[6] On July 1, 2014, he re-signed with Valencia Basket for two more years.[7]

National team career

Sato played with the senior men's

Central African Republic national basketball team at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship. He averaged 21.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game at the tournament, and was named to the All-Tournament First Team
.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Sato won the
EuroLeague

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08
Montepaschi Siena
 23 22 28.0 .442 .347 .731 4.9 1.0 1.8 .1 11.6 12.7
2008–09 Montepaschi Siena 20 19 25.8 .462 .400 .814 3.9 .7 1.8 .1 10.1 10.8
2009–10 Montepaschi Siena 16 16 28.0 .490 .396 .855 5.3 1.3 1.5 .0 13.6 16.3
2010–11† Panathinaikos 21 16 26.2 .413 .388 .813 3.9 1.1 .7 .1 9.0 10.1
2011–12 Panathinaikos 23 20 26.0 .410 .347 .712 4.7 1.0 .7 .4 7.1 8.6
2012–13
Fenerbahçe Ülker
 23 23 27.0 .408 .341 .810 4.2 1.3 .7 .1 7.3 8.2
2014–15 Valencia Basket 9 6 27.3 .362 .292 .800 4.8 1.1 .9 .6 6.3 6.7
Career 126 122 26.8 .433 .364 .789 4.4 1.1 1.2 .2 9.4 10.6

Gallery

  • Romain Sato's words in his presentation as a Valencia Basket player, in 2013.
  • Sato answers the questions of the Press in the very same act.
  • Hommage in Valencia's court after his first season in the club, when he was chosen as best SF in the league, and awarded by local fans as the team's player who showed more effort.

References

  1. ^ Coro, Paul (July 5, 2006). "Sato may fill Suns' need". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
  2. ^ "First Team Roster: Romain Sato". Mens Sana Basket. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  3. CSTV. June 19, 2007. Archived from the original
    on March 22, 2008. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
  4. ^ Legabasket.it – Gli MVP di Lega: Romain Sato è il miglior giocatore della stagione regolare (in Italian).
  5. ^ "Fenerbahce signs Romain Sato". Sportando.net. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ^ "VALENCIA BASKET announces power Romain Sato". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Romain Sato will stay in Valencia two more years". Euroleague.net. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

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