Joventut sign Gnere Dembele

Alima Dembele

Joventut Badalona (LF Challenge) inked 23-year old Mali international 186cm center Gnere Dembele for upcoming season. Dembele is the second import player in the roster as Russian Maria Davydova signed here earlier.
She is not a newcomer in Spanish League as she played most recently at IDK Eustotren in the LF Endesa. In 23 games she recorded 6.3ppg and 3.3rpg last season. LF Challenge will be definitely a better match and she can see more playing time. Good season as she was voted League Player of the Week. She also played 2 games in Eurocup where she averaged 14.5ppg, 4.5rpg, 1.0apg and 3.0spg.
The previous (2021-22) season she played at Innova-TSN Leganes (LF Endesa). In 13 games she had 5.1ppg and 3.2rpg in that year.
She has been also a member of Mali international program for some years. Dembele has regularly played for Mali senior team since 2021 and previously for U19 National Team in 2019.
She represented Mali at the African Championship U18 in Maputo (Mozambique) five years ago.
Dembele has played previously for three other teams: Adareva, Genero and Barakaldo.
Among many awards she was selected Eurobasket.com All-Spanish LF2 Center of the Year in 2021.

Joventut Badalona roster for 2023-24:

Forwards:
Maria Davydova
Mariona Teixido
Marina Avinoa

Center:
Gnere Dembele