In the space of 15 years, Kim Tillie has known 12 clubs, in 12 cities scattered over six countries and three continents.
In the middle, a post-Covid-19 confinement in Montenegro, concluded by a forced road trip in a motorhome.
"
It was too funny
," he says with hindsight.
A misadventure among others for this native of the south of France, who was 1.80 m … when he entered college, at 11 years old.
Did he imagine himself traveling so much thanks to basketball?
"
No, really not
," he replies in his warm voice, which marries his permanent smile and his colossal build (2.11 m, 105 kilos).
It is a vast journey that the 34-year-old strong winger, who signed for a season at Cholet this summer, has gone through in his career.
Career that would never have seen the light of day without the choice of his parents, two famous… volleyball players.
Kim Tillie is the son of Laurent, an illustrious player and coach of the French Olympic champion team in Tokyo in 2021. His mother, Caroline Keulen-Tillie, a pure Dutchman, also shone in volleyball...
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