Awak Kuier
Finnish basketball player (born 2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Awak Sabit Bior Kuier (born 19 August 2001)[1][2] is a Finnish basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), but she'll be skipping the 2024 WNBA season,[3] and the Finnish national team.[4][5] Kuier also plays for Italian team Reyer Venezia in LBF and EuroCup.[6] Selected by the Wings with the second overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft, she was the second Finnish player in the history of the league after Taru Tuukkanen to be drafted, and she became the first Finnish player to play in the WNBA in May 2021.[7]
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Born | (2001-08-19) 19 August 2001 (age 22) Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality | Finnish |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
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High school | Helsinki Basketball Academy (Helsinki, Finland) |
WNBA draft | 2021: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
Selected by the Dallas Wings | |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
2016–2017 | Peli-Karhut [fi] |
2017–2020 | HBA-Märsky |
2020–2022 | Virtus Eirene Ragusa [it] |
2021–2023 | Dallas Wings |
2022–present | Reyer Venezia |
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