Christian Sengfelder (born 28 February 1995) is a German professional basketball player for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He plays the power forward position.
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 February 1995 Leverkusen, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2018: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Ehingen Urspring | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Löwen Braunschweig | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Bamberg Baskets | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||||||||||||
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College career edit
Prior to the 2014–15 season, Sengfelder joined Fordham University on a basketball scholarship.[1] He went on to play three years for Fordham, where he averaged 11.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.[2] Following his junior year, Sengfelder left Fordham as a graduate transfer, to join Boise State University.[3] In his lone season with Boise State, he averaged 11.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.[4]
Professional career edit
Sengfelder began his basketball career, with the youth team of his hometown club Bayer Leverkusen. Before the 2013–14 campaign, he moved to club Ehingen Urspring for one season, before he went on to play college basketball in the United States. At the conclusion of his collegiate career, Sengfelder returned to Germany, and signed with club Löwen Braunschweig for the 2018–19 season.[5]
In June 2019, Sengfelder left Löwen Braunschweig, and signed a three-year contract with club Brose Bamberg.[6] In May 2022, Sengfelder as team captain, signed a contract extension with Bamberg until 2025.[7] However, a year into his extension, Sengfelder and Bamberg agreed to mutually part ways.[8]
After being released from Bamberg, Sengfelder signed a two-year contract with Telekom Baskets Bonn, heading into the 2023–24 season.[9]
National team career edit
Sengfelder's first opportunity to represent Germany on the international stage, came on the youth level, at the 2013 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B. During the tournament for the Germany U18 national team, Sengfelder averaged 8.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.[10]
Two years later, Sengfelder was selected to the Germany U20 national team for the 2015 FIBA U20 European Championship. He would finish the competition leading the team in scoring at 10.4 points, and rebounding at 6.4 per game.[11]
In February 2019, Sengfelder was called up to the senior Germany national team for the first time.[12] He was named to the team for Germany's final two matches of their 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying campaign.[13]
Three years later, Sengfelder was selected to represent Germany at the EuroBasket 2022, where he helped Germany win bronze, averaging 7.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game during the tournament.[14]
Personal life edit
In November 2020, a biography chronicling the life and basketball career of Sengfelder was published.[15]
References edit
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder Signs Men's Basketball Letter of Intent with Fordham University". fordhamsports.com. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder Fordham statistics". fordhamsports.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Boise State basketball lands grad transfer from Fordham". arbiteronline.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder Boise State statistics". broncosports.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Löwen holen A2-Nationalspieler Christian Sengfelder". regionalheute.de (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Brose Bamberg bindet deutschen Top-Spieler langfristig an sich". bambergguide.de (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Brose-Bamberg-Kapitän verlängert Vertrag - Sengfelder bleibt weitere Jahre". infranken.de (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Kapitän verlässt Brose Bamberg". sport1.de (in German). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Nationalspieler Christian Sengfelder wechselt nach Bonn". telekom-baskets-bonn.de (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder 2013 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B statistics". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder 2015 FIBA U20 European Championship statistics". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "16 Spieler für World Cup Qualifiers nominiert". basketball-bund.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder 2019 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder EuroBasket 2022 profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Christian Sengfelder – der lange Weg zum Basketballprofi". basketball-bund.de (in German). Retrieved 5 November 2020.
External links edit
- Christian Sengfelder at eurobasket.com
- Christian Sengfelder FIBA profile