{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Michael Mokongo | image = | caption = | position = Guard | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 175 | league = | team = | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|7|11}} | birth_place = Bimbo, Central African Republic | nationality = Central African / French | high_school = | college = | draft_year = 2008 | career_start = 2002 | career_end = 2021 | years1 = 2002–2006 | team1 = Élan Chalon | years2 = 2006–2007 | team2 = Orlandina | years3 = 2007–2008 | team3 = BCM Gravelines | years4 = 2007–2008 | team4 = Banvit | years5 = 2008–2009 | team5 = Cholet | years6 = 2009–2010 | team6 = APOEL Nicosia | years7 = 2010–2011 | team7 = Ourense | years8 = 2011 | team8 = Breogán | years9 = 2011–2012 | team9 = Chorale Roanne | years10 = 2012–2013 | team10 = APOEL Nicosia | years11 = 2013–2014 | team11 = Navarra | years12 = 2014–2015 | team12 = Monaco | years13 = 2016 | team13 = JL Bourg Basket | years14 = 2016–2017 | team14 = Aurore de Vitre | years15 = 2018 | team15 = GET Vosges | years16 = 2019–2021 | team16 = Trappes SQ Yvelines | highlights = *Pro A Rising Star (2005) *NM1 champion (2014) * Cypriot League champion (2010) * Pro A All-Star (2004) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European U-18 Championship}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Spain | U-18 Team}} }}
'''Michael Benoît Mokongo'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Benoît MOKONGO|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/pid/45655/_//players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725012045/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/pid/45655/_//players.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2015|website=FIBA|accessdate=24 July 2015}}</ref> (born July 11, 1986) is a former professional basketball player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Mokongo|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Michael_Mokongo/AS_Monaco_Basket/55133|website=Eurobasket.com|accessdate=24 July 2015}}</ref>
== International career == Mokongo first represented the Central African Republic internationally at the 2009 AfroBasket qualifying tournament. He played for the country at the 2011 AfroBasket, averaging 11 points and a team-high 6 assists. Mokongo has also competed for France in the past, playing for them in the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=CAF - Mokongo eyes podium in Abidjan|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/CAF-Mokongo-eyes-podium-in-Abidjan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811123108/http://www.fiba.com/news/CAF-Mokongo-eyes-podium-in-Abidjan|url-status=live|archive-date=August 11, 2015|website=FIBA|accessdate=24 July 2015}}</ref> He was initially expected to play for the Central African Republic at the AfroBasket 2015 under head coach Aubin-Thierry Goporo,<ref>{{cite web|title=Central African Republic coach Goporo calls up 20 players for AfroBasket 2015|url=http://www.fiba.com/news/central-african-republic-coach-goporo-calls-up-20-players-for-afrobasket-2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720111616/http://www.fiba.com/news/central-african-republic-coach-goporo-calls-up-20-players-for-afrobasket-2015|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2015|website=FIBA|accessdate=24 July 2015}}</ref> but a knee injury forced him to not compete at the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Central African Republic's Mokongo ruled out of AfroBasket 2015, Sato eyeing return|url=http://www.fiba.com/news/central-african-republics-mokongo-ruled-out-afrobasket-2015-sato-eyeing-return|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810061747/http://www.fiba.com/news/central-african-republics-mokongo-ruled-out-afrobasket-2015-sato-eyeing-return|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2015|website=FIBA|accessdate=30 July 2015}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BJI&seasoncode=U2002 Michael Mokongo] at Euroleague.net *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Michael_Mokongo/AS_Monaco_Basket/55133 Michael Mokongo] at Eurobasket.com *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151122053226/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/45655/sid/3592/tid/282/tid2//_/2004_European_Championship_for_Men_U18/index.html Michael Mokongo] at fiba.com
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