Emmanuel Omogbo

Emmanuel Omogbo (born May 28, 1995) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for South Plains and Colorado State before playing professionally in Italy, Lithuania and Israel. Standing 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he plays at the power forward and center positions.

Early life and college career Omogbo was born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in Hyattsville, Maryland. Omogbo attended Princeton Day Academy in Lanham, Maryland, where he averaged 14.2 points per game.

Omogbo stated his college career with the South Plains College's Texans, where he averaged 17.0 points per game to go along with 10.1 rebounds per game in his sophomore year. He was selected as a preseason junior college All-American by the Sporting News, and earned second-team JuCo All-America following the season from the NJCAA.

Professional career

2017–18 season After being undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, he joined the Golden State Warriors for the 2017 NBA Summer League.

On July 22, 2017, Omogbo started his professional career with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian LBA, signing a one-year deal. In 30 games played for Pesaro, he finished the season as the league third-leading rebounder (8.9 per game) and second in steals (1.7 per game), he also averaged 10.8 points and 1.3 assists per game.

2018–19 season On August 17, 2018, Omogbo signed with the Lithuanian team BC Pieno žvaigždės for the 2018–19 LKL season. On October 20, 2018, Omogbo recorded a career-high 26 points, shooting 10-for-14 from the field, along with nine rebounds and four steals in an 87–81 win over Lietkabelis. In 16 games played for Pieno žvaigždės, he averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1.5 steals while shooting 56.8 percent from the field.

On February 6, 2019, Omogbo parted ways with Pieno žvaigždės to join Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Israeli National League for the rest of the season. In 10 games played for Kiryat Ata, he averaged a double-double of 15.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.

2019–20 season On July 26, 2019, Omogbo signed with Pallacanestro Biella of the Italian Serie A2 Basket. He averaged 11.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

2020–21 season On September 8, 2020, Omogbo signed with Club Baloncesto Peñas Huesca of the Spanish LEB Oro. He averaged 18.9 points and 12.0 rebounds per game.

2021-22 season On August 6, 2021, Omogbo signed with Cytavision APOEL Nicosia of the Cypriot Division A.

Nigeria national team He has been part of Nigeria's national team at the AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda.