Thomas Kelati
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Thomas Kelati (born September 27, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player of Eritrean heritage. In 2010, he gained Polish citizenship through his wife and is eligible to play on the
Poland national basketball team in international competition. He is a 1.96 metres (6 ft 5 in) tall and played both shooting guard and small forward
.
Professional career
Poland national basketball team during the EuroBasket 2011
.Kelati began his professional career in 2005 with the
Spanish ACB League club Unicaja Málaga
.
In July 2009, Kelati signed a two-year contract with the
Greek A1 League club Olympiacos Piraeus.[1][2] However, his contract was later canceled by the club before Kelati played even a single minute for them, due to him not passing his physical and medical exams. Olympiacos replaced him on their roster with Von Wafer
.
As a free agent, Kelati then signed with the
Eurocup
in 2012. In May, 2012 he left BC Khimki because of his contract ending.
In June 2012 he signed a two-year contract with Valencia Basket.[6] He left Valencia in June 2013.[7] On September 29, 2013, he signed a two-month contract with Laboral Kutxa.[8] After the contract expired he left the team.[9]
In February 2014, he signed with
UCAM Murcia for the rest of the season.[10] In July 2014, he extended his contract with Murcia for two more years.[11]
On August 8, 2016, Kelati signed with
Stelmet Zielona Góra
.
Honours
Individual
- PLK Most Valuable Player (1): 2006–07
References
- ^ Sport24.gr Olympiacos signs Kelati. (in Greek)
- ^ OLYMPIACOS signs Thomas Kelati.
- ^ LAKERS SIGN THOMAS KELATI.
- ^ a b Lakers Waive Thomas Kelati
- ^ BC Khimki adds Thomas Kelati
- ^ VALENCIA BASKET brings back Kelati Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Thomas Kelati leaves Valencia
- ^ "LABORAL KUTXA adds Kelati for two months". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Thomas Kelati leaves Laboral Kutxa
- ^ Thomas Kelati signs with UCAM Murcia
- ^ Thomas Kelati extends with UCAM Murcia until 2016