{{short description|British basketball player (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Gabriel Olaseni | image = Gabriel Olaseni 0 Mersin SK TBSL 20260308 (4) (cropped 2).jpg | image_size = | caption = Olaseni with Mersin in 2026 | position = Center | height_cm = 210 | weight_kg = 104 | league = Liga ACB | team = Casademont Zaragoza | number = 11 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|12|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Walthamstow, Essex, England | high_school = Sunrise Christian Academy<br />(Bel Aire, Kansas) | college = Iowa (2011–2015) | draft_year = 2015 | career_start = 2015 | career_end = | years1 = 2015 | team1 = Brose Bamberg | years2 = 2015–2016 | team2 = Gießen 46ers | years3 = 2016–2017 | team3 = Dinamo Sassari | years4 = 2017 | team4 = Orléans Loiret | years5 = 2017–2018 | team5 = Fuenlabrada | years6 = 2018–2019 | team6 = s.Oliver Würzburg | years7 = 2019–2020 | team7 = Bursaspor | years8 = 2020–2021 | team8 = Büyükçekmece | years9 = 2021–2023 | team9 = Darüşşafaka | years10 = 2023–2024 | team10 = London Lions | years11 = 2024–2026 | team11 = Mersin | years12 = 2026–present | team12 = Zaragoza | highlights = * All-EuroCup First Team (2024) * Turkish League rebounding leader (2025) * British League champion (2024) * British League Team of the Year (2024) * British League All-British Team of the Year (2024) * German Supecup winner (2015) * Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year (2015) }} '''Abodunrin Gabriel Olaseni''' (born 29 December 1991) is a British professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also plays for the Great Britain men's national basketball team.
==Professional career== Olaseni went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft. In July 2015, he joined the Miami Heat for the 2015 NBA Summer League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat-announce-summer-league-information|title=HEAT Announce Summer League Information|website=www.nba.com}}</ref> On 23 July 2015 he signed with German club Brose Baskets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/|title=Latest News | EuroLeague|date=21 July 2023|website=Euroleague Basketball}}</ref> On 22 November 2015 he was loaned to Gießen 46ers for the rest of the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/germany/bbl/182740/gabriel-olaseni-replaces-ekene-ibekwe-in-giessen-46ers.html|title=Gabriel Olaseni replaces Ekene Ibekwe in Giessen 46ers}}</ref>
On 13 July 2016 Olaseni signed with Italian club Dinamo Sassari.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/206147/dinamo-sassari-lands-gabriel-olaseni.html|title=Dinamo Sassari lands Gabriel Olaseni|work=Sportando }}</ref> On 3 March 2017 he parted ways with Sassari.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/227788/dinamo-sassari-parts-ways-with-gabriel-olaseni.html|title=Dinamo Sassari parts ways with Gabriel Olaseni}}</ref> The next day he signed with French club Orléans Loiret Basket for the rest of the 2017–18 Pro A season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/227926/orleans-lands-gabriel-olaseni-and-jp-prince.html|title=Orleans lands Gabriel Olaseni and JP Prince}}</ref>
On 23 August 2017 Olaseni signed with Fuenlabrada for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/spain/acb/244993/gabriel-olaseni-agreed-to-a-deal-with-fuenlabrada.html|title=Gabriel Olaseni agreed to a deal with Fuenlabrada}}</ref>
For the 2018–19 season, he signed with s.Oliver Würzburg of the German Bundesliga. He played in the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals with s.Oliver, where he lost to his former team Dinamo Sassari.
On 13 August 2019 he signed with Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/bursaspor-sign-gabe-olaseni/|title=Bursaspor sign Gabe Olaseni|date=August 13, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 14, 2019|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}</ref>
On 10 August 2020 he signed with Büyükçekmece Basketbol of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Turkey/news/639980/Gabriel-Olaseni-is-a-newcomer-at-Buyukcekmece|title=Gabriel Olaseni is a newcomer at Buyukcekmece|last=|first=|date=August 10, 2020|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> Olaseni averaged 15.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.
On 3 July 2021 he signed with Darüşşafaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://darussafakabasketbol.com/dackamiza-hos-geldin-abodunrin-gabriel-olaseni/|title=Daçka'miza Hoş Geldin Abodunrin Gabriel Olaseni |last=|first=|date=July 3, 2021|website=darussafakabasketbol.com|publisher=|language=tr|access-date=July 3, 2021}}</ref>
On 28 June 2023 he signed with London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/tr/eurocup-tr/1522857/darussafakadan-ayrilan-gabriel-olaseninin-yeni-adresi-belli-oldu/|title=Darüşşafaka'dan Ayrılan Gabriel Olaseni'nin Yeni Adresi Belli Oldu|last=|first=|date=June 28, 2023|website=|publisher=Eurohoops|language=tr|access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref>
On 6 July 2024 he signed with Mersin MSK of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=mersin_msk |number=1809624580392128825 |title=Msk'ya hoş geldin Abodunrin Gabirel Olaseni}}</ref>
On 13 May 2026 he signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB, signing until the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acb.com/es/liga/noticias/gabriel-olaseni-nuevo-jugador-de-casademont-zaragoza-145045|title=Gabriel Olaseni, nuevo jugador de Casademont Zaragoza |last=|first=|date=May 13, 2026|website=darussafakabasketbol.com|publisher=|language=es|access-date=May 13, 2026}}</ref>
==National team career== Olaseni has established himself as a key member of the Great Britain men's national team. He is the most efficient scorer in GB national team history with a career field goal percentage of .647 (165/255) as of 25 February 2020.
Olaseni had a breakout performance at FIBA EuroBasket 2017 with averages of 16.8 points (11th) and 11.2 rebounds (2nd). He led all players in defensive rebounding per game (8.8) and earned the highest efficiency rating per game (26.8).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Players statistics of the FIBA EuroBasket 2017|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/playerstats|access-date=2020-07-27|website=FIBA.basketball}}</ref> Matched up against NBA star Kristaps Porziņģis, Olaseni scored a career high 23 points on 10 for 11 shooting in their game against Latvia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latvia v Great Britain boxscore - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 - 4 September|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0409/Latvia-Great-Britain|access-date=2020-07-27|website=FIBA.basketball}}</ref>
==Personal life== Born in England, Olaseni is of Nigerian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/sports/olasenis-growth-an-inspiration-for-all-hawkeyes/|title=Olaseni's growth an inspiration for all Hawkeyes|website=www.thegazette.com}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===EuroLeague=== {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;" | Brose Bamberg | 5 || 2 || 13.2 || .417 || –|| 1.000 || 2.8 || .6 || .2 || .4 || 2.4 || 1.2 |- |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/|title=Euroleague Basketball|website=Euroleague Basketball}}</ref> | 5 || 2 || 13.2 || .417 || –|| 1.000 || 2.8 || .6 || .2 || .4 || 2.4 || 1.2 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170905141804/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=54F Gabriel Olaseni] at acb.com {{in lang|es}} *{{BBL profile}} *{{FIBA|new_id=173264|name=Gabriel Olaseni|old_id=75653}} *[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=OLA-GAB-91 Gabriel Olaseni] at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}} *[http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200006/Joueurs/A84178/Olaseni-Gabriel Gabriel Olaseni] at lnb.fr {{in lang|fr}} *[https://www.tblstat.net/player/3080 Gabriel Olaseni] at tblstat.net
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