By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Turk Telekom officially added Braian Angola on Wednesday.
Earlier, the 30-year-old Colombian swingman was released from his contract with Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv.
Starting a second campaign with the Israeli club, Angola quickly fell out of favor with head coach Stefanos Dedas preferring other options for his rotation in the BKT EuroCup and Israel’s Winner League. His efforts in the 2024-25 campaign were limited to five fruitless against Besiktas Fibabanka in Belgrade’s Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Round 3 of the EuroCup Regular Season.
Moving to the Ankara outfit, he continues in the second-tier club continental competition of Euroleague Basketball, switching from Group A to Group B. The team coached by Erdem Can at 3-1 trails only undefeated JL Bourg and Valencia in the standings. At the domestic level, his new side sits at 1-1 in the Turkiye Sigorta Basketbol Super Ligi.
A veteran of 18 EuroCup games between the Tel Aviv outfit and Partizan, his career additionally includes 27 appearances in the Basketball Champions League between AEK, Galatasaray Nef, and Filou Oostende, and seven features in the FIBA Europe Cup leading to the 2020-21 championship with Ironi Ness Ziona.
Representing Colombia in senior international competitions, he played in the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, the Qualifiers of the 2023 FIBA World Cup, and the Qualifiers of the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup. At the junior level, he won a bronze medal in the 2011 South American U17 Championship and also displayed young talents in the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
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