Local trained players still without contract for 2025-2026
As of October 22, more than 50 locally trained players (JFL) are still without a contract for the 2025-2026 season. Here is the complete list.
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While the 2025-2026 season has started since late September, many locally trained players (JFL) remain without a contract. Despite the large migration of young French players to NCAA, the list of locally trained players (JFL) remains substantial. About fifty players seen in the three professional men’s divisions or in referenced championships abroad are still without a club. Here’s the list:
Point Guards
- Matthieu Gauzin (Tofas Bursa, Turkey)
- Charly Pontens (Champagne Basket, ELITE 2)
- William Mensah (Le Havre, NM1)
- Louis Weber (Berck, NM1)
- Louis Rucklin (Orchies, NM1)
- Renathan Ona Embo (CD Povoa, Portugal)
- Carl Ona Embo (Boulogne-sur-Mer, NM1)
- Sidy N’Dir (Tarbes, NM1)
- Adel Alain (SCABB Lab, NM1)
- Thomas Duchene (Berck, NM1)
Shooting Guards
- Fabien Causeur (Milan, Italy)
- Benoit Mangin (Le Havre, NM1)
- Théo Benoit (Lorient, NM1)
- Diasse Mbaye (Mulhouse, NM1)
- Willan Hairabetian (Loon-Plage, NM1)
- Julian Ngufor (Rennes, NM1)
- Soprano Szelazek (Wroclaw, Poland)
- Samir Mekdad (Toulouse, NM1)
- Joris Ortega (BC Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Frédéric Bourdillon (Bnei Hasharon, Israel)
Small Forwards
- William Howard (Nanterre, Betclic ELITE)
- Anthony Racine (SCABB, ELITE 2)
- Damien Bouquet (Fos Provence, ELITE 2)
- Youri Golitin (Rouen, ELITE 2)
- Kemy Lagab (Cologne, Germany)
- Nobel Boungou-colo (Lions de l’APR, BAL)
- Brahim Dohou (Lorient, NM1)
- Boukhary Cissoko (Avignon, NM1)
- Baptiste Tackamoud (Levallois, NM1)
Power Forwards
- Amine Noua (Granada, Liga Endesa)
- Kenny Baptiste (Limoges, Betclic ELITE)
- Thomas Hieu-Courtois (Le Portel, Betclic ELITE)
- Adrien Moerman (Taipei Taishin Mars, Taiwan)
- Landing Sane (Fos Provence, ELITE 2)
- Alexis Dargenton (Tours, NM1)
- Matthias Flosse (Loon-Plage, NM1)
- Simon Correa (Poissy, NM1)
- Jean-Michel Mipoka (Les Sables Vendée, NM1)
- Kevin Lavieille (no club)
Centers
- Alexandre Chassang (Girona, Liga Endesa)
- Alpha Kaba (Hebei Xianglan, China)
- Alexandre Gavrilovic (Bursaspor, Turkey)
- Vincent Pourchot (Metz, NM1)
- Patrick Clerence (Levallois, NM1)
- Ousmane Camara (Loon Plage)
- Junior Mbida (Al-Fateh, Saudi Arabia)
- Soriah Bangura (no club)
- Kevin Dinal (no club)
- Karl-David Nkounkou (no club)
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Gabriel Pantel-Jouve est le fondateur et rédacteur en chef de BeBasket, qu’il anime depuis 2010 (sous le nom de Catch & Shoot). Passé par l’Ecole Publique de Journaliste de Tours, puis deux universités en Amérique du Nord, il a pu développer son expertise sur le basket français, de la Ligue Nationale aux divisions amateurs, durant ces 20 dernières années. En parallèle, il est aussi engagé dans le développement de clubs du côté de Montpellier.
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