Younes Idrissi
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Younes Idrissi is a Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 basketball player currently playing for Tanger in the Moroccan Basketball League.

Idrissi played NCAA Division I college basketball for the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
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, averaging 5.1 PPG and 3.0 RPG in two seasons with the Bulldogs. Idrissi then transferred to Iona College
Iona College (New York)
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 but never played a game for the Gaels. Idrissi has since moved to the Moroccan League, where he has become one of the league's most dominant players, including a 20 PPG and 9 RPG season with WAC Casablanca in 2007-08.

Idrissi played for the Morocco national basketball team
Morocco national basketball team
The Morocco national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Morocco. It is administrated by the Federation Royale Marocaine de Basket-Ball.-African championship:-Current squad:-External links:*...

 in the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championship. In 2009, he led the tournament in blocks, averaging 1.8 blocks per game.
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