| Intro | Professional basketball player | ||||
| Is | Athlete Basketball player |
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| From | Nigeria | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 9 November 1984, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A. | ||||
| Age | 36 years | ||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||
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Ikechukwu Justin “Ike” Ofoegbu (born November 9, 1984) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player for Best Balıkesir of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He is a 2.05 m (6 ft 8.75) tall power forward. He played college basketball for SMU.
Career
On March 8, 2013, Ofoegbu signed with Bucaneros de La Guaira of Venezuela for the 2013 BSN season.
On July 27, 2013, Ofoegbu signed with Israeli club Maccabi Haifa for the 2013–14 season. On July 19, 2014, he re-signed with Maccabi for one more season. On June 11, 2015, he signed with Capitanes de Arecibo of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2015 BSN season.
On October 20, 2015, Ofoegbu signed with Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv to replace injured Brian Randle. On December 24, 2015, he re-signed with Maccabi till the end of February, and later re-signed for the rest of the season.
On August 29, 2016, Ofoegbu signed with Turkish club Best Balıkesir for the 2016–17 season.
National team
In 2011 and 2012, Ofoegbu was member of the Nigerian national basketball team.
