Tonye Jekiri

Tonye Frank Jekiri (born 23 July 1994) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian SuperLeague, the ABA League, and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Miami Hurricanes.

College career Jekiri played four seasons for the Miami Hurricanes and participated in two Sweet 16s. As a senior, he averaged 7.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

Professional career Bandırma Kırmızı (2016–2017) Jekiri signed his first professional contract with Turkish team Bandırma Kırmızı of the Basketbol Süper Ligi.

Oostende (2017–2018) In the 2017–18 season, Jekiri played with Oostende in the Belgian Pro Basketball League. With Oostende he won the championship, and was named the PBL Finals MVP. He was also the leading rebounder in the PBL, with 7.3 per game.

Gaziantep (2018–2019) With the 2018-19 season, he turned back to the Turkey and Basketbol Süper Ligi with the Gaziantep.

ASVEL (2019–2020) On 3 July 2019 Jekiri signed a one-year contract with LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and first time he will play in the EuroLeague. He averaged 8.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in 27 games.

Baskonia (2020–2021) On 11 July 2020 Jekiri officially signed a two-year contract with Baskonia of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. He averaged 6.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

UNICS Kazan (2021–2022) On July 25, 2021, Jekiri signed with the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague (until the club was suspended from competing due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine).

Fenerbahçe (2022–2023) On June 27, 2022, Jekiri signed a two-year (1+1) contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe of the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague . On July 14, 2023, Fenerbahçe opted out of their mutual contract and Jekiri became a free agent.

CSKA Moscow (2023–2025) On July 20, 2023, he signed with CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League.

Partizan (2026–present) On January 6, 2026, Jekiri signed with Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian SuperLeague, the ABA League, and the EuroLeague.

On June 13, 2026, Jekiri signed a one-year contract extension with Partizan.

During the 2025–26 ABA League season, Jekiri averaged 9.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. In the EuroLeague, he averaged 7.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. He did not make any appearances in the Basketball League of Serbia or the Radivoj Korać Cup.

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College

Source: RealGM