{{Short description|French basketball player (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Axel Bouteille | image = Axel Bouteille 83 KK Budućnost EuroCup 20260121 (5).jpg | caption = Bouteille with Budućnost VOLI in 2026 | position = Small forward | height = 2.01 m | weight_kg = 95 | league = Montenegrin League<br/> ABA League | team = Budućnost VOLI | number = 83 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|4|14}} | birth_place = Roanne, Loire, France | draft_year = 2017 | career_start = 2013 | career_end = | years1 = 2013–2017 | team1 = Élan Chalon | years2 = 2017–2019 | team2 = Limoges CSP | years3 = 2019–2020 | team3 = Bilbao Basket | years4 = 2020–2022 | team4 = Unicaja | years5 = 2022–2023 | team5 = Türk Telekom | years6 = 2023–2025 | team6 = Bahçeşehir Koleji | years7 = 2025–present | team7 = Budućnost VOLI | awards = * All-EuroCup First Team (2023) * All-ACB First Team (2020) * Pro A champion (2017) }} [[File:Axel Bouteille.jpg|thumb|230px|Bouteille with Limoges in 2017]] '''Axel Bouteille''' (born 14 April 1995) is a French professional basketball player for Budućnost VOLI of the Prva A Liga and the Adriatic League. He is a 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall small forward.<ref name="prob">{{cite web|title=Axel Bouteille|url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/13137/axel-bouteille|publisher=Proballers|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811210753/https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/13137/axel-bouteille|archive-date=11 August 2021}}</ref>
==Professional Career== Bouteille began his basketball career at the youth ranks of Hyères-Toulon before joining Élan Chalon when he was fifteen years old. He played his first matches in LNB Pro A during the 2013–14 season, where he averaged 1.5 points in four games. On 24 April 2016, Bouteille declared for the 2016 NBA draft, but was ultimately not selected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Axel Bouteille et Luc Loubaki, deux nouveaux Français à la Draft|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/Actualites/Axel-bouteille-et-luc-loubaki-deux-nouveaux-francais-a-la-draft/655280|publisher=L'Équipe|date=24 April 2016|accessdate=1 July 2023}}</ref>
After successful seasons with Èlan Chalon in the Pro A, Bouteille signed a two-year contract with CSP Limoges on 26 April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Transfert: Limoges engage le champion de France de ProA Axel Bouteille|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/sport/transfert-limoges-engage-le-champion-de-france-de-proa-axel-bouteille-26-06-2017-2138498_26.php|publisher=Le Point Sports|language=French|date=26 July 2017|access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref>
On 3 July 2019, his signing for Bilbao Basket was made official.<ref>{{cite web|title=Axel Bouteille se convierte en hombre de negro|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=147151|publisher=Liga ACB|date=3 July 2019|access-date=3 July 2019|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905165122/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=147151}}</ref>
In February 2020, he joined Unicaja until the end of the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bouteille ya está en Málaga|url=https://www.diariosur.es/unicaja/bouteille-malaga-20200226154931-nt.html|publisher=diariosur|date=26 February 2020|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="liga">{{cite web|title=Axel Bouteille|url=https://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/30000059|publisher=Liga Endesa|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811211201/https://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/30000059|archive-date=11 August 2021}}</ref>
On 15 July 2022, Bouteille signed with Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketfaul.com/haber?haber=102236|title=Telekom'a Fransız forvet|last=|first=|date=15 July 2022|website=|publisher=basketfaul|language=tr|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
On 7 July 2023 he signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=BKBasketbol |number=1677248607458557953 |title=Axel Bouteille, Bahçeşehir Koleji'nde!}}</ref>
On July 8, 2025, he signed with Budućnost VOLI of the Prva A Liga and the Adriatic League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/buducnost-adds-french-forward-axel-bouteille/|title=Buducnost adds French forward Axel Bouteille|date=July 8, 2025|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 10, 2025}}</ref>
==National team career== As a member of the junior national teams of France, Bouteille played at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where the team finished fourth. He also played with the team at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
In April 2017, Bouteille was included in the preliminary squad for the EuroBasket 2017,<ref>[http://www.marca.com/baloncesto/2017/04/28/59033587e2704e46568b45dc.html Francia presenta la era post-Parker con ocho NBA y cinco ACB]</ref> but was omitted from the final selection.
==Personal life== He is the son of former professional basketball player Franck Bouteille.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/30000059 Liga Endesa Profile] {{in lang|es}} * [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/axel-bouteille/003840/ EuroCup Profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouteille, Axel}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century French sportsmen Category:Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K. players Category:Baloncesto Málaga players Category:Bilbao Basket players Category:Élan Chalon players Category:French expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Category:French expatriate basketball people in Spain Category:French expatriate basketball people in Turkey Category:French men's basketball players Category:KK Budućnost players Category:Liga ACB players Category:Limoges CSP players Category:Small forwards Category:Sportspeople from Roanne Category:Türk Telekom B.K. players