_(cropped).jpg) Zahui with theWashington Mystics in 2023 | |
| BK Žabiny Brno | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | Czech Women's Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1993-09-08)8 September 1993 (age 32) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 184 lb (83 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Igelstavikens Gymnasium (Södertälje, Sweden) |
| College | Minnesota (2013–2015) |
| WNBA draft | 2015: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Drafted by | Tulsa Shock |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2012 | Telge Basket |
| 2015 | Tulsa Shock |
| 2015–2016 | Adana ASKİ |
| 2016–2020 | New York Liberty |
| 2016–2017 | Nadezhda Orenburg |
| 2017–2018 | USK Praha |
| 2018–2019 | Sopron Basket |
| 2019–2020 | Shandong Six Stars |
| 2020 | Hatay BB |
| 2020–2021 | Dynamo Kursk |
| 2021–2022 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2021–2022 | Fenerbahçe |
| 2022–2023 | Beretta Famila Schio |
| 2023 | Washington Mystics |
| 2023 | Indiana Fever |
| 2023–2024 | Townsville Fire |
| 2024 | Polkowice |
| 2025 | BC Castelnuovo Scrivia |
| 2025–present | BK Žabiny Brno |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Amanda Agnes Sofia Zahui Bazoukou (born 8 September 1993),[1] known professionally asAmanda Zahui B., is a Swedishbasketball player forBK Žabiny Brno of theCzech Women's Basketball League. After playing basketball both in Sweden and collegiately with theMinnesota Golden Gophers, Zahui was drafted by theTulsa Shock with the second overall pick in the2015 WNBA draft.
Zahui grew up inStockholm, Sweden, where her parents met. Ann-Sofi Zahui Bazoukou grew up in Spain and France before moving to Stockholm, whereas Alex Zahui Bazoukou left his native Ivory Coast to seek work in Europe.[2] The family lived in neighbourhoods heavily populated by African immigrants.[3]
Zahui grew up playingsoccer andtennis, as well as singing in the choir and taking theater lessons.[2] She began playing basketball at age 10. By age 13, she was added to Sweden's 16-and-under national team.[2] She averaged 15 points and eight rebounds for the Swedish national team in the Under-18 European Championships in 2011.[4]
Zahui attended Igelstavikens Gymnasium inSödertälje.[5] She played three seasons in theDamligan for Telge Basket between 2009 and 2012.[6]
Upon moving to the United States, she shortened Bazoukou to an initial so it would fit on her jersey and be easier to pronounce.[4]
Zahui joined theMinnesota Golden Gophers in 2012[4] but redshirted the 2012–13 season.[5] She played two seasons for the Golden Gophers between 2013 and 2015.[5] She was namedBig Ten Player of the Year by the media for the 2014–15 season.[5]
In February 2015, she scored a career-high 39 points in a game againstIowa. She also recorded 29 rebounds in that game, the most ever by a player in theBig Ten Conference. The last NBA player to record at least 39 points and 29 rebounds in a game wasMoses Malone in October 1979.[7]
Zahui was drafted second overall by theTulsa Shock in the2015 WNBA draft.[8][9] After one season with Tulsa, she joined theNew York Liberty, where she played five seasons between 2016 and 2020.[6]
Zahui joined theLos Angeles Sparks in 2021.[10] She was placed on the full-season suspended list by the Sparks in 2022, meaning she did not get paid and her salary was not on the team's cap sheet, but her rights were retained by the Sparks. It was done due to her overseas commitments potentially keeping her away for a large portion of the season.[11]
On 21 January 2023, Zahui was traded to theLas Vegas Aces in exchange forDearica Hamby.[12] On 5 February 2023, she was traded again, this time to theWashington Mystics in exchange for two second-round picks.[13] She signed with the team two days later.[14]
On 4 July 2023, Zahui was traded to theIndiana Fever in exchange forQueen Egbo.[15]
For the 2015–16 season, Zahui joinedAdana ASKİ in Turkey.[6]
Zahui joined Russian teamNadezhda Orenburg for the 2016–17 season.[16] The "Zahui" name was the cause of many jokes in theRussian language, which led to her changing her name to Bazoukou in March 2017.[17][18] She earned the Russian League's best forward award.[19]
Zahui played forUSK Praha in Czech Republic in 2017–18 andSopron Basket in Hungary in 2018–19.[6] She played the majority of the 2019–20 season in China withShandong Six Stars before having a one-game stint in Turkey withHatay BB.[6] She returned to Russia for the 2020–21 season, playing forDynamo Kursk.[6] She returned to Turkey for a third time in 2021–22 withFenerbahçe and then played forBeretta Famila Schio in Italy in 2022–23.[6]
Zahui was set to play for Israeli Division 1 clubMaccabi Bnot Ashdod in the 2023–24 season, but she fled the country afterHamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023.[20]
In December 2023, Zahui joined theTownsville Fire of theWomen's National Basketball League (WNBL) in Australia for the rest of the2023–24 season.[21]
During the 2024–25 season, she played from October to November 2024 forPolkowice in Poland,[6] and from January 2025 forBC Castelnuovo Scrivia in Italy.[22]
For the 2025–26 season, she joinedBK Žabiny Brno of theCzech Women's Basketball League.[6]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Source[23]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Tulsa | 31 | 0 | 9.7 | .361 | .333 | .750 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 2016 | New York | 33 | 1 | 11.3 | .449 | .118 | .787 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | New York | 29 | 0 | 5.3 | .400 | .250 | .750 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | New York | 29 | 0 | 15.9 | .500 | .344 | .605 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 7.7 |
| 2019 | New York | 24 | 23 | 23.3 | .468 | .319 | .852 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
| 2020 | New York | 21 | 20 | 25.3 | .353 | .340 | .694 | 8.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 9.0 |
| 2021 | Los Angeles | 30 | 27 | 23.8 | .429 | .280 | .767 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| 2023 | Washington | 12 | 1 | 7.8 | .250 | .214 | .750 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Indiana | 22 | 0 | 7.3 | .261 | .130 | .750 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| Career | 8 years, 5 teams | 231 | 72 | 14.5 | .418 | .300 | .743 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | – | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | New York | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.000 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| 2017 | New York | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .250 | .000 | – | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Source[24]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2013-14 | Minnesota | 34 | 514 | 54.3% | 33.3% | 65.4% | 11.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| 2014-15 | Minnesota | 33 | 621 | 55.5% | 26.1% | 78.3% | 12.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 18.8 |
| Career | 67 | 1135 | 54.9% | 26.9% | 72.8% | 12.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 16.9 |
On June 7, 2021, WNBA.com published an op-ed written by Zahui, titled "What Does Pride Mean to Me?", in commemoration ofPride Month. Zahui described herself as having a "personal journey of finding myself", and publicly came out as alesbian. She wrote, "I celebrate my body, my mind and my sexuality. I am confident and open to the fact that I was made to love women. I was created to celebrate the beautiful women on this earth. To love the most powerful creature on this earth, the woman." Zahui stated that she has a family who has "always been accepting and supportive" regarding her sexuality.[25]
As of January 2024, Zahui's partner is English footballer,Shameeka Fishley.[20]
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