Tears flowing, face in hands to thunderous applause.
For his last game on the Villeurbanne floor, where he was French champion in 2002 and 2009, Amara Sy received the most beautiful distinction for a basketball player.
This April 16, Asvel announced its retirement from the jersey, which will float forever on the ceiling of the Astroballe.
Who would have imagined that this boy born in Paris, from a poor family and who only discovered club basketball at the age of 14, would complete his 22nd and final professional season in 2022?
“
At 14, I didn't know what I was going to do
, recalls Amara Sy, 40 years old today.
My father cleaned the subway, my mother was a cleaning lady
.”
Professions that do not make you dream, but which have offered a life and a future to 8 children, including 6 boys.
Long before being a seven-time All-Star LNB between Le Mans, Orléans, Monaco, Asvel and today Paris Basket, Amara Sy grew up in the Parisian district of Pigalle, then a kingdom…
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