Ademola Okulaja

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ademola Okulaja
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 10, 1975(1975-07-10)
Age	49
Birthplace	Lagos
Country	Germany
Birth City	Lagos
Horoscope	Cancer

Ademola Okulaja Biography

Ademola Okulaja is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on July 10, 1975 in Lagos, Lagos, Germany. Ademola Okulaja (born July 10, 1975) is a German former professional basketball player of Nigerian origin. The last team he played for were the Brose Baskets from Germany. After his playing career, he became an agent.

The son of a German mother and a Nigerian father, Okulaja was born in Nigeria, but moved to Berlin with his family at the age of 3. In 1995, he graduated from John F. Kennedy School in Berlin, before enrolling at the University of North Carolina.

In 2008, he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor and had to go into a one-year long therapy. After it proved to be successful, Okulaja played one more season for the Brose Baskets.

On July 12, 2010, he announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Okulaja played college basketball at North Carolina from 1995 to 1999. During the 1997-1998 NCAA season, he was a member of new coach Bill Guthridge’s successful “six starters” rotation with Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Shammond Williams and Makhtar N’Diaye. In his senior season, he was named MVP of the Tar Heels basketball team, and won a spot on the 1998-99 All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team. Okulaja was the first player in the history of UNC basketball who led the squad in scoring, rebounding, three-pointers made and steals.

Ademola Okulaja Net Worth

Ademola Okulaja is one of the richest Basketball Player from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ademola Okulaja 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Okulaja has played professionally for a variety of Euroleague teams, including ALBA Berlin in the 1994–1995 season winning the FIBA Korać Cup and again in 1999–2000 and later RheinEnergie Köln (2005–2006) in Germany; CB Girona (2000–2001 and 2003–04), Barcelona (2001–2002), Unicaja Malaga (2002–2003) and Pamesa Valencia (2004–2005) in Spain; and Benetton Treviso in Italy (2004). His ALBA Berlin team won the 1999-2000 German National (Bundesliga) championship. He won the “Rookie of the Year” award with Girona, and was an All-League First Team selection that year. In 2002, he won the award for “Most Spectacular Player” at the Spanish All-Star Game.

Okulaja was also an experienced member of the Germany national basketball team and one of the key figures of the team, alongside Dirk Nowitzki or Patrick Femerling. He played with the team at the European Championships in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001. He competed with the German National Team at the 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championship in the US, winning bronze, and in Japan at the 2006 FIBA World Basketball Championship.

The 6′ 9″, 235 lb (2.06 m, 107 kg) forward received 172 caps for the German men’s national team, serving as a team captain for many years and winning bronze at the 2002 World Championships. He played college basketball in the United States at North Carolina and flirted briefly with the NBA before moving on to a successful international professional basketball career in Europe.

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Ademola Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Ademola Okulaja celebrates birthday on July 10 of every year.