{{Short description|Senegalese basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Cheikh Mbodj | image = | caption = | position = Center | league = | team = Free agent | number = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 235 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|8|1}} | birth_place = Dakar, Senegal | college = *Grayson College (2008–2011) *Cincinnati (2011–2013) | draft_year = 2013 | career_start = 2013 | career_end = | years1 = 2013–2014 | team1 = Ilysiakos | years2 = 2014 | team2 = Cantù | years3 = 2014–2015 | team3 = Dinamo Sassari | years4 = 2015–2016 | team4 = Czarni Słupsk | years5 = 2016–2017 | team5 = Ventspils | years6 = 2017–2019 | team6 = Polski Cukier Toruń | years7 = 2019–2020 | team7 = Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | years8 = 2020–2022 | team8 = Nishinomiya Storks | years9 = 2022–2024 | team9 = Bambitious Nara | years10 = 2024 | team10 = Diablos Rojos del México | years11 = 2024–2025 | team11 = Iwate Big Bulls | years12 = 2025 | team12 = Tachikawa Dice | highlights = *Polish Cup champion (2018) *Italian League champion (2015) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|AfroBasket}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Tunisia/Senegal|}} }} '''Cheikh Tidiane Mbodj''' (born August 1, 1987) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Tachikawa Dice of the B.League. He competed in college basketball for Cincinnati.
==Professional career== In the 2017-18 season Mbodj averaged 11 points and five rebounds in the Polish league. On July 17, 2018, he re-signed with Torun.<ref>[https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/poland/281847/cheikh-mbodj-torun-agree-to-contract-extension.html Cheikh Mbodj, Torun agree to contract extension]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
As a member of Senegal's national basketball team, he competed at the 2015 Afrobasket.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150826065633/http://www.fiba.com/afrobasket/2015/Cheikh-Tidiane-MBODJ 2015 Afrobasket – Cheikh Mbodj's profile], FIBA.com, accessed April 27, 2016.</ref>
On September 27, 2024, Mbodj signed with the Iwate Big Bulls of the B.League.<ref>{{cite web |title=【チーム情報】シェイク・ムボジ選手 契約合意のお知らせ |url=https://www.bigbulls.jp/news/detail/id=18990 |publisher=岩手ビッグブルズ |access-date=September 29, 2024 |date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> On February 21, 2025, his contract was terminated,<ref>{{cite web |title=【チーム情報】シェイク・ムボジ選手 契約解除のお知らせ |url=https://www.bigbulls.jp/news/detail/id=19224 |website=岩手ビッグブルズ |access-date=February 21, 2025 |date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> signing with the Tachikawa Dice.<ref>{{cite web |title=シェイク・ムボジ選手B3リーグ2024-25シーズン選手契約合意（新規）のお知らせ |url=https://tachikawa-dice.tokyo/news/post=5539/ |website=立川ダイス公式サイト |access-date=February 21, 2025 |date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Cheikh_Mbodj/184545 Afrobasket.com Profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329081510/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mbodj_cheikh00.html University of Cincinnati Profile] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFzkDsEvJg Cheikh Mbodj - 5 x SLAM DUNK! - Youtube.com Video]
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