Jump to content

Sylvain Francisco

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sylvain Francisco
Francisco with France in 2023
No. 3 – Žalgiris Kaunas
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLKL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)
Créteil, France
NationalityFrench / American
Listed height6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018Metropolitans 92
2018–2020Paris Basketball
2020–2021Chorale Roanne
2021–2022Manresa
2022–2023Peristeri
2023–2024Bayern Munich
2024–presentŽalgiris Kaunas
Career highlights and awards

Sylvain Francisco (born 10 October 1997) is a French professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the French national team in international competition. Francisco holds both French and American citizenship.[1][2]

Early life and career

[edit]

Sylvain Francisco is of Angolan ethnicity, as his parents are from Angola. They left the country and moved to France, due to the country's civil war. Francisco, who was born in Créteil, France, grew up in the Paris area, along with eight siblings. He played youth club basketball with Paris Basket Racing, Villemomble Sports, and AL Roche-la-Molière.

He then pursued his secondary education in Florida, in the USA, in 2014. He played high school basketball at the Elev8 Sports Institute, in Delray Beach, during the 2014–15 season. He also played high school basketball with Liberty Christian Preparatory School, in Tavares, during the 2015–16 season, and at West Oaks Academy, in Orlando, during the 2016–17 season. After high school, Francisco got some offers to play college basketball from some NCAA Division I programs, but he opted instead to return to France to play professionally.

Professional career

[edit]

Francisco began his pro club career with Levallois Metropolitans in the French men's basketball first division. At the end of the 2017–2018 season, he signed his first professional contract with the Levallois club. However, wanting to join the G-League and eventually the NBA, he did not show up to the club's training the following summer.[3] He finally signed with Paris Basketball in the LNB Pro B in December 2018.[4] After two seasons with Paris Basketball, he returned to the French first division by signing with the Chorale Roanne for the 2020–2021 season.[5]

Francisco left Roanne in June 2021,[6] and signed with the Spanish club Manresa in Liga Endesa, end of August 2022.[7] In the summer of 2022, he participated in the NBA Summer League with the Milwaukee Bucks.[8]

For the 2022–2023 season, Francisco signed with Peristeri of the Greek Basket League.[9] In 31 Greek national domestic league games, he averaged 12.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.7 turnovers, playing around 28 minutes per contest. He also averaged 16.2 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game, in 9 games played in the European-wide secondary level FIBA Champions League's 2022–2023 season. On 29 June 2023, he parted ways with the Greek club.

On July 20, 2023, he signed with Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and EuroLeague.[10] On February 18, 2024, he won the BBL-Pokal with Bayern following a win in the final over Ratiopharm Ulm. Francisco was named the Final Four MVP.[11]

On July 1, 2024, Francisco signed a two-year (1+1) deal with Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague.[12]

National team career

[edit]

Francisco was a member of the junior French national teams. He played with France's junior national team at the 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship. On 24 February 2022, Francisco landed his first selection with the senior French national team, for the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.[13] He also represented France at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

Career statistics

[edit]
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

[edit]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2023–24 Bayern Munich 33 0 19.3 .387 .354 .814 1.7 3.2 .7 — 10.6 10.7
Career 33 0 19.3 .387 .354 .814 1.7 3.2 .7 — 10.6 10.7

EuroCup

[edit]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2017–18 Metropolitans 92 10 2 16.6 .591 .500 .727 1.5 1.6 .4 .1 7.2 7.0
Career 10 2 16.6 .591 .500 .727 1.5 1.6 .4 .1 7.2 7.0

Basketball Champions League

[edit]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021–22 Manresa 16 1 19.9 .390 .311 .844 1.8 3.2 1.1 .1 11.7
2022–23 Peristeri 9 5 31.5 .447 .344 .780 2.1 5.8 1.8 .2 16.2
Career 25 6 24.0 .412 .324 .808 1.9 4.1 1.4 .1 13.4

Domestic leagues

[edit]
Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 France Metropolitans 92 Pro A 24 12.7 .280 .212 1.000 1.1 1.9 .4 .1 3.5
2018–19 France Paris Pro B 26 23.5 .386 .353 .738 2.7 3.4 1.5 .1 9.6
2019–20 France Paris Pro B 23 30.6 .386 .321 .716 3.5 5.5 1.9 .2 13.1
2020–21 France Chorale Roanne LNB Élite 32 30.3 .425 .284 .707 2.9 4.7 1.9 .2 14.7
2021–22 Spain Manresa ACB 30 18.1 .402 .342 .730 1.2 3.3 .9 .2 10.7
2022–23 Greece Peristeri HEBA A1 31 27.7 .409 .298 .690 2.9 5.3 1.5 .1 12.6
2023–24 Germany Bayern Munich BBL 33 18.1 .467 .397 .794 1.7 3.2 1.1 — 11.7

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Sylvain Francisco Player Profile, Peristeri BC". RealGM. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Sylvain FRANCISCO at the Basketball Champions League - BCL 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ Mamou, Shaï (19 September 2018). "Sylvain Francisco au clash pour rentrer aux Etats-Unis ?". BasketSession.com (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Sylvain Francisco Renforce le Paris Basketball". Bebasket. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ "OFFICIEL : SYLVAIN FRANCISCO DÉBARQUE À ROANNE". Bebasket. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Le meneur Sylvain Francisco libéré par Roanne | Basket Europe" (in French). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ Gabriel Pantel-Jouve (29 August 2021). "Sylvain Francisco va bien jouer pour Manresa cette saison". bebasket.fr. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ^ Gabriel Pantel-Jouve (29 June 2022). "Sylvain Francisco à la Summer League avec Milwaukee". bebasket.fr.
  9. ^ Gabriel Pantel-Jouve (12 September 2022). "Sylvain Francisco s'engage avec le club grec de Peristéri". bebasket.fr.
  10. ^ "Bayern Basketball announced Sylvain Francisco". Sportando. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  11. ^ "18.02.2024 - FCB vs ULM". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Sylvain Francisco joins Zalgiris Kaunas". Sportando. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  13. ^ Théo Quintard (26 February 2022). "Après une sortie plutôt positive contre le Portugal jeudi, Sylvain Francisco veut confirmer". bebasket.fr. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sylvain_Francisco&oldid=1261925854"