Misan Nikagbatse

Misan Nikagbatse

Position	Point Guard
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
League	Serie A
Team	Pallacanestro Varese
Born	July 7, 1982 Berlin
Nationality	Germany, Nigeria
Draft	not drafted, 2004
Pro career	1998–present
Career history	TuS Lichterfelde (1998–2000) ALBA Berlin (2000–2001) Olympiacos Piraeus (2001–2002) Snaidero Udine (2002–2003) Mitteldeutscher BC (2003–2004) Sedima Roseto (2004–2005) Vertical Vision Cantù (2005–2006) Premiata Montegranaro (2006–2007) Köln 99ers (2007–2008)

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Germany
World Championships
Bronze	2002 USA	Germany
European Championships
Silver	2005 Serbia & Montenegro	Germany

Eyinmisan Edward Ogharanemeye Nikagbatse (born July 7, 1982 in Berlin) is a German basketball player who currently is a member of Pallacanestro Varese's squad and has played for clubs in Germany, Greece and Italy so far.

Career

Nikagbatse started his professional career at TuS Lichterfelde Berlin, a farm team of ALBA Berlin. At the 2000 international Albert Schweitzer Youth Tournament, he was the best scorer overall.^[1] Nikagbatse signed a contract with ALBA, but did not play for them as he wanted to play for a top club on a European level.^[2] After nearly one year without playing in any official game, he signed with Olympiacos Piraeus.^[1] After playing for the Italian club Snaidero Udine for half a year, Nikagbatse returned to Germany to play for Mitteldeutscher BC, with which he won the EuroCup Challenge. He declared eligible for the 2004 NBA Draft, but went undrafted. Nikagbatse then moved to Italy again, playing for Sedima Roseto and Vertical Vision Cantù in the first division. At the beginning of 2006, he signed for second division club Premiata Montegranaro, with which he got promoted to the first division.^[1] Nikagbatse returned to Germany, but was waived by the Köln 99ers in march 2008 after testing positive on THC, although he was not officially suspended as he did not play during that time due to an injury.

International career

Nikagbatse won the bronze medal as a member of the German squad at the 2002 FIBA world championship, dunking over Yao Ming during the competition.^[1][2] He also took part in the EuroBasket 2005, winning the silver madal. The national team's coach Dirk Bauermann cut his name off the roster for the 2008 Olympics qualification after the drug abuse incident .^[3]

Personal life

His mother is Finnish while his father is Nigerian, ^[2] and his sister Roli-Ann is a member of the German women's national team.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} (German) Portrait on the official website of the German basketball federation
2. ^ ^{a b c} (German) Dietmar Wenck: Nikagbatse spielt mit den Extremen (Berliner Morgenpost, September 2, 2002)
3. ^ (German) Maike Westphal: Kiffer unterm Korb (Der Tagesspiegel, May 28, 2008)

Persondata
Name	Nikagbatse, Misan
Alternative names	Eyinmisan Edward Ogharanemeye Nikagbatse (full name)
Short description	German-Nigerian basketball player
Date of birth	July 7, 1982
Place of birth	Berlin
Date of death
Place of death