Defending National Basketball League champion Namuwongo Blazers have agreed terms with Senegalese international power forward Makhtar Gueye, a 29-year-old standing 208cm and weighing 95kg. He arrives after spending last season with Club Africain in Tunisia's ProA, where he won the Tunisian Cup in 2026.
Gueye has also played for Al Ittihad Ahli of Aleppo in the Syrian SBL and briefly for UNIFACISA in Brazil's NBB, averaging 7.6 points and 4.3 rebounds in seven games. He has been called up regularly by the Senegalese senior national team since 2019.
His career has taken him across ten countries and five continents, including stints in France with Laval, Spain with Menorca, Burundi with Dynamo, Mozambique with Ferroviario Beira, an appearance in NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks, Cameroon with Kadji Sport Academy Douala, and Senegal with ASC Ville de Dakar. He graduated from California Baptist University in 2021, after three years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and is entering his sixth professional season.
