Aged 35, Nando de Colo (1.96 m) has 185 selections with the France team, but he will not participate in Euro-2022 scheduled for the end of the summer in Germany, even if he keeps the objective of being with the Blues during the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Best Pro A player in 2008 under the colors of Cholet, where he played from 2006 to 2009, de Colo then played under the colors of Valence (2009-2012) before trying his luck in the NBA, in San Antonio and Toronto and to shine again in Europe under the colors of CSKA Moscow (2014-2019), a club with which he won two Euroleagues in 2016 and 2019. With Fenerbahçe, he won the Turkish Cup in 2020 and the championship this season.

The recruitment of Nando de Colo "is of course part of our desire and ambition to see the best French players evolve in our championship, but also to allow LDLC ASVEL to shine on the European scene", welcomed club president Tony Parker, who played alongside Nando de Colo at the San Antonio Spurs in 2013-14.

Best player of the season and the Euroleague final in 2016 under the colors of CSKA Moscow, Nando de Colo scored more than 3,000 points in the major competition in Europe in which he posted an average of 15.6 points, 2, 6 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in nine seasons.

In the jersey of the France team, since his first friendly selection on July 31, 2008, Nando de Colo has only missed one major tournament, the 2014 World Cup, due to a fractured finger. during preparation.

Nando de Colo in the jersey of the France team during the lost final of the Tokyo Olympics against the United States, August 7, 2021 in Saitama Thomas COEX AFP / Archives

He took part in the European Championships in 2009 (5th place), 2011 (silver), 2013 (gold), 2015 (bronze), 2017 (round of 16), at the Worlds in 2010 (round of 16) and 2018 (bronze). ), and at the Olympic Games-2012 (quarters), 2016 (quarters), 2020 (silver).

Crowned champion of France after their victory over Monaco 3 matches to 2 on Saturday, Asvel have already lost one of their best players, the American Chris Jones, and should also see their French leader, Elie Okobo, leave.

The club also deplored the departure of the great French hope Victor Wembanyama.

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