{{short description|French-Ivorian basketball player}} '''Didier Éric Tapé''' (born 25 October 1981) is a French–Côte d'Ivoire basketball player who currently plays with Stade Rodez Aveyron in France.<ref>[http://www.sport-ivoire.ci/?p=1&id=17442 Basket- Afrobasket 2013 Eric Tapé : « Nous sommes parmi les favoris » ]</ref><ref>La Dépêche du Midi [http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/09/22/677890-nous-avons-une-cohesion.html « Nous avons une cohésion » ] 22 Sept 2009 "... Éric Tapé, 20 points contre Chalosse, samedi. Photo DDM.".</ref>
He is a longtime member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team and helped the team to a surprise silver medal at the 2009 African Championship.<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120803083224/http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/54140/sid/6599/tid/267/profile.html Player Page] at FIBA.com</ref> Tape averaged 10.4 points per game in the tournament, including a team-leading 15 points in a semifinal victory against Cameroon that sent the team to its first FIBA World Championship since 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/54140/sid/6599/tid/267/profile.html |title=Archived copy |website=libya2009.fiba.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811003754/http://www.libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/54140/sid/6599/tid/267/profile.html |archive-date=2009-08-11}}</ref><ref>[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=FRA&PlayerID=79472 Didier Tape] at eurobasket.com</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Côted'Ivoire squad FIBA Africa Championship 2009}}
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