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Niels Giffey
_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93012.jpg) Giffey with Bayern Munich in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 – FC Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | BBL EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 June 1991 Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Heinrich Schliemann (Berlin, Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | UConn (2010–2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Murcia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Niels Giffey (born 8 June 1991) is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the small forward and shooting guard positions. He also represents the Germany national team.
He played collegiately for the University of Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team. In his freshman year, he was part of the team that won the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He was again one of UConn's key players when they won the NCAA tournament for a second time in four years in 2014. Giffey and his UConn teammates Shabazz Napier and Tyler Olander are the only Division I men's basketball players in history to have won national championships as freshmen and seniors.[1]
- ^ Brennan, Eamonn (10 November 2014). "Welcome to 'The Year After'". ESPN. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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