{{Short description|French basketball player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Andrew Albicy | image = Andrew Albicy 6 CB Gran Canaria EuroCup 20241113 (1) (cropped).jpg | caption = Albicy with [[CB Gran Canaria|Gran Canaria]] in 2024 | image_size = 250px | position = [[Point guard]] | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lbs = 170 | league = [[Liga ACB]] | team = Dreamland Gran Canaria | number = 6 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sèvres]], France | draft_year = 2012 | career_start = 2006 | career_end = | years1 = 2006–2011 | team1 = [[Paris-Levallois Basket|Paris-Levallois]] | years2 = 2011–2012 | team2 = [[BCM Gravelines|Gravelines]] | years3 = 2012–2014 | team3 = Paris-Levallois | years4 = 2014–2016 | team4 = Gravelines | years5 = 2016–2019 | team5 = [[BC Andorra|Andorra]] | years6 = 2019–2020 | team6 = [[BC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]] | years7 = 2020–present | team7 = [[CB Gran Canaria|Dreamland Gran Canaria]] | highlights = *[[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] champion ([[2022–23 EuroCup Basketball|2023]]) *[[EuroCup Basketball All-EuroCup Team|All-EuroCup First Team]] ([[2018–19 EuroCup Basketball|2019]]) *[[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] steals leader ([[2021–22 EuroCup Basketball|2022]]) *[[LNB All-Star Game|Pro A All-Star Game MVP]] ([[2015–16 LNB Pro A season|2016]]) *[[LNB Pro A Best Defender|Pro A Best Defender]] ([[2011–12 LNB Pro A season|2012]]) *[[LNB Pro A Best Young Player|Pro A Rising Star]] ([[2009–10 LNB Pro A season|2010]]) *[[2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]] MVP (2010) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup|2019 China]]|}} {{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[EuroBasket 2011|2011 Lithuania]]|}} {{MedalSilver|[[EuroBasket 2022|2022 Czech Republic–Georgia–Italy–Germany]]|}} }} '''Andrew Albicy''' (born 21 March 1990) is a French professional [[basketball]] player for [[CB Gran Canaria|Gran Canaria]] of the Spanish [[Liga ACB]]. He also represents the [[France national basketball team|French national team]] in international competition.
==Club career== [[File:Andrew Albicy Paris-Levallois.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Albicy with Paris-Levallois in December 2012]] Albicy has played with the [[Paris-Levallois Basket]]'s youth team as a junior. He made a few appearances for the club's senior team between 2006 and 2009, before playing his first full season for the team in the 2009–10 season.<ref>[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Andrew-Albicy-5939/stats/ Andrew Albicy Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912000110/http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Andrew-Albicy-5939/stats |date=2010-09-12 }} at draftexpress.com</ref> Albicy averaged 4.5 points and 3.6 assists per game for the team while backing up starting guard Jimmal Ball.<ref name="Profile">[http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/player/p/eid/4728/pid/58193/rid//sid/4728/tid/282/profile.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831091727/http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/player/p/eid/4728/pid/58193/rid/sid/4728/tid/282/profile.html |date=2010-08-31 }} at FIBA.com</ref>
Albicy initially declared as an early-entry candidate for the [[2010 NBA draft]] before withdrawing his name from consideration.<ref>[http://www.nbadraft.net/players/andrew-albicy Andrew Albicy] at nbadraft.net</ref>
On 31 July 2014 he signed a two-year deal with [[BCM Gravelines]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gravelines-Dunkerque lands Andrew Albicy|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/129665/gravelines-dunkerque-lands-andrew-albicy.html|access-date=31 July 2014|work=Sportando.com}}</ref>
After finishing his contract at Gravelines, in June 2016 Albicy signed for [[BC Andorra|MoraBanc Andorra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bca.ad/el-base-frances-andrew-albicy-primer-fitxatge-del-projecte-1617/|title=El base francès Andrew Albicy, primer fitxatge del projecte 16/17|publisher=BC Andorra|language=ca|date=3 June 2016|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> This will be his first experience out of France. On 24 August 2017 he signed a two-year contract extension with Andorra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/245054/morabanc-andorra-signs-andrew-albicy-to-a-contract-extension.html |title=MoraBanc Andorra signs Andrew Albicy to a contract extension |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901183134/http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/245054/morabanc-andorra-signs-andrew-albicy-to-a-contract-extension.html |archive-date=2017-09-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2018–19 season, Albicy reached the semi-finals of the EuroCup with Andorra.
On 17 June 2019 Albicy signed a contract with [[BC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]] of the [[VTB United League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://basket.fc-zenit.ru/news/feed/2019/06/17/endryu-albisi-v-zenite/|title=Эндрю Альбиси — в "Зените"|date=June 17, 2019|publisher=Zenit Basket Official|language=ru|access-date=June 17, 2019|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617085633/http://basket.fc-zenit.ru/news/feed/2019/06/17/endryu-albisi-v-zenite/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He parted ways with the team on 20 July 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Andrew Albicy officially leaves BC Zenit |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/andrew-albicy-officially-leaves-bc-zenit/ |website=Sportando |access-date=July 20, 2020 |date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Albicy averaged 6.6 points and 4.4 assists per game. On 25 July 2020 he signed with [[CB Gran Canaria|Herbalife Gran Canaria]] of the Spanish [[Liga ACB]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/herbalife-gran-canaria-announces-andrew-albicy/|title=Herbalife Gran Canaria announces Andrew Albicy|date=July 25, 2020|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 25, 2020}}</ref>
==International career== Albicy played with the [[France national basketball team|French national basketball team]] at each level of junior basketball. He appeared for the team at the [[2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]], [[U18 European Championship Men 2008 Division A]], [[FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009]], and 2010 [[FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]].<ref name="Profile"/> He was named tournament MVP for the gold-medal winning French team at the 2010 Under-20 tournament.
He was called to the senior French team for the first time at the [[2010 FIBA World Championship]] to replace fellow point guard [[Rodrigue Beaubois]]. At only twenty years of age, he was the youngest member of the French team at the tournament.
==Personal life== Albicy's mother is from the French overseas department of [[Martinique]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/eurobasket-2022-le-martiniquais-andrew-albicy-contraint-de-quitter-le-groupe-de-preparation-1308716.html|title=Eurobasket 2022 : le Martiniquais Andrew Albicy contraint de quitter le groupe de préparation|date=31 July 2022|website=Outre-mer la 1ère}}</ref>
Albicy is married to a Finnish woman with whom he has children.<ref>[https://yle.fi/a/74-20195536 Vauva söi Ylen mikrofonia tv-lähetyksessä – katso myös herkkä hetki Susijengin trillerivoiton kulisseissa], [[Yle]], 2 December 2025</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIBA profile|new_id=156501|name=Andrew Albicy|old_id=58193}} * {{Basketball-Reference.com international player}} * {{Eurobasket.com player|102739|}} * [https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=003425 Andrew Albicy at Euroleague.net]{{dead link|date=September 2024}} * {{Olympics.com profile|andrew-albicy}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team France}} * {{instagram|andrewalbicy}}
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