Malian-French basketball player

Karim Ouattara (born October 13, 1979) is a Malian-French basketball player, formally for Stade Clermontois BA.

Career

Ouattara played four years of NCAA Division I Basketball with the Albany Great Danes. He was largely a role player in his four years there, averaging 3.1 PPG and 4 RPG in his senior season as the captain of the team. He previously played for JL Bourg-en-Bresse of the French League joining Stade Clermontois BA starting with the 2007-08 season. He has provided help off the bench for the team, averaging 4.1 PPG and 3.2 RPG in 19 minutes per game in the 2008-09 season.

Ouattara plays for the Mali national basketball team in international compe*ions. He competed with the team at the 2005 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, helping the team to quarterfinal appearances in both tournaments.

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