{{Short description|Senegalese basketball player (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ibrahima Thomas | image = File:Ibrahima Thomas.jpg | caption = Thomas with Cincinnati in 2010 | position = Power forward / center | height_m = 2.13 | weight_kg = 109 | league = BAL | team = Al-Nasr | number = | nationality = Senegalese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|2|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Dakar, Senegal | high_school = Stoneridge Prep <br> (Simi Valley, California) | college = *Oklahoma State (2007–2009) *Cincinnati (2009–2011) | years1 = 2011–2013 | team1 = Texas Legends | years2 = 2013 | team2 = Al Sadd | years3 = 2013–2014 | team3 = Azad University | years4 = 2014–2015 | team4 = Al-Muharraq | years5 = 2015 | team5 = Al Hilal | years6 = 2015–2016 | team6 = Cáceres | years7 = 2016–2017 | team7 = Al-Ittihad | years8 = 2017–2018 | team8 = Saitama Broncos | years9 = 2018 | team9 = ES Radès | years10 = 2018–2019 | team10 = Hoops Club | years11 = 2019 | team11 = Al-Nasr Benghazi | years12 = 2019 | team12 = Al-Wehdat | years13 = 2020–2021 | team13 = US Ansar | years14 = 2021 | team14 = AS Police | years15 = 2021 | team15 = Bahrain SC | years16 = 2021–2022 | team16 = Orthodox | years17 = 2022 | team17 = Al-Nasr Benghazi | team18 = Ohud Medina | years18 = 2022 | years19 = 2022–2023 | team19 = Dynamo Lebanon | years20 = 2023 | team20 = US Monastir | years21 = 2023 | team21 = Champville | years22 = 2024 | team22 = AS Douanes | career_start = 2011 | draft_year = 2011 | career_end = | highlights = *BAL rebounding leader (2021) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{SEN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Championship}} {{MedalBronze| 2013 Abidjan | Team}} | years23 = 2024–present | team23 = Al-Nasr }}
'''Ibrahima Thomas''' (born 7 February 1987) is a Senegalese professional basketball player who currently plays for Al-Nasr in Kuwait. He previously also played for the Senegal national basketball team. Thomas played college basketball for Oklahoma State before transferring to Cincinnati as a sophomore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ibrahima Thomas Bio|url=http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/thomas_ibrahima00.html|website=GoBearcats.com|accessdate=2 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903112009/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/thomas_ibrahima00.html|archive-date=3 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Professional career== On 24 December 2021, Thomas signed with Jordanian club Orthodox for the 2021–22 season of the Premier League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Orthodox signs Ibrahima Thomas |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Senegal/news/723371/Orthodox-signs-Ibrahima-Thomas |website=Afrobasket.com |access-date=27 December 2021|date=24 December 2021}}</ref>
On 24 September 2022, he joined Ohud Medina of the Saudi Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madwar |first=Ahmad |date=2022-11-15 |title=Ibrahima Thomas (ex Al Nasr) signs at Ohud |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Senegal/news/768101/Ibrahima-Thomas-(ex-Al-Nasr)-signs-at-Ohod |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Afrobasket.com}}</ref>
On 27 February 2023, Thomas was announced by US Monastir, the defending champions of the BAL, for the 2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mboutou |first=Steve |date=2023-02-27 |title=Basketball Africa League : Ibrahima Thomas rejoint l'US Monastir |url=https://www.newstoriesafrica.com/basketball-africa-league-ibrahima-thomas-rejoint-lus-monastir-p15192 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Newstories Africa |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
In March 2024, Thomas joined AS Douanes for the 2024 BAL season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-05 |title=BAL 2024 : L'AS Douanes s'attache les services d'Ibrahima Thomas |url=https://wiwsport.com/2024/03/05/bal-2024-las-douanes-sattache-les-services-dibrahima-thomas/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
==National team career== Thomas has played for the Senegalese national basketball team. He was a member of the teams at AfroBasket 2013 and AfroBasket 2015 and the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ibrahima Thomas profile, Afrobasket 2015 |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/83379/sid/11379/tid/358/_/2015_Afrobasket_/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913030930/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/83379/sid/11379/tid/358/_/2015_Afrobasket_/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2017 |website=FIBA.COM |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
==BAL career statistics== {{BAL player statistics legend|leader=y}}
{{BAL player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|2021 | style="text-align:left;"|AS Police | 3 || 3 || 32.4 || .381 || .286 || .444 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 12.0* || 3.3 || 1.7 || .7 || 13.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2023 | style="text-align:left;"|US Monastir | 5 || 5 || 25.3 || .431 || .464 || .588 || 7.0 || .4 || .2 || .8 || 13.4 |- {{s-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.eurobasket.com/player/Ibrahima-Thomas/Jordan/Al-Wihdat-Amman/136016 Eurobasket.com profile] * [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Ibrahima-Thomas/Summary/4260 RealGM profile] {{Senegal Squad 2013 FIBA Africa Championship}}
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