Ademola Okulaja

**Ademola Okulaja** (An haife shi ne a ranar 10 ga watan Yuli, 1975), ya kuma kasan ce tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne ɗan asalin ƙasar Najeriya. Ƙungiya ta ƙarshe da ya buga wa ƙwallon kwando ta Brose daga Jamus. Bayan aikinsa na wasa, ya zama wakili ga dan wasan NBA Dennis Schröder.

6'9 ", 235&nbsp;lb (2.06 m, 107&nbsp;kg) a gaba ya karɓi wasanni 172 ga ƙungiyar maza ta Jamus, yana aiki a matsayin kaftin na ƙungiyar shekaru da yawa kuma ya lashe tagulla a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2002. Ya buga wasan kwando na kwaleji a Amurka a Arewacin Carolina kuma ya yi kwarkwasa da NBA kafin ya ci gaba da samun nasarar ƙwararren ƙwallon kwando na duniya a Turai.

## Rayuwar farko
Ofan mahaifiyar Jamus kuma mahaifin Najeriya, Okulaja an haife shi a Najeriya, amma ya koma Berlin tare da danginsa yana da shekaru 3. A cikin 1995, ya sauke karatu daga Makarantar John F. Kennedy a Berlin, kafin yin rajista a Jami'ar North Carolina.

## Aikin kwaleji
Okulaja ya buga wasan kwando a kwaleji a North Carolina daga 1995 zuwa 1999. A lokacin kakar NCAA na 1997-1998, ya kasance memba na sabon kocin Bill Guthridge ya yi nasara "juyi shida" tare da Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Shammond Williams da Makhtar N'Diaye . A cikin babban lokacin sa, an ba shi suna MVP na ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta Tar Heels, kuma ya sami matsayi a kan Taron Farko na Taron All-Atlantic Coast na 1998-99. Okulaja shi ne dan wasa na farko a tarihin kwallon kwando na UNC wanda ya jagoranci tawagar wajen zira kwallaye, sake zura kwallo, maki uku da yin sata.

## Sana'ar sana'a
Okulaja ya yi wasa da ƙwararru don ƙungiyoyin Euroleague iri -iri, gami da ALBA Berlin a kakar 1994 - 1995 ta lashe FIBA Korać Cup kuma kuma a 1999 - 2000 kuma daga baya RheinEnergie Köln (2006 - 2007) a Jamus ; CB Girona (2000–2001 da 2003–04), Barcelona (2001–2002), Unicaja Malaga (2002–2003) da Pamesa Valencia (2004–2005) a Spain ; da Benetton Treviso a Italiya (2004). Ƙungiyarsa ta ALBA Berlin ta lashe gasar zakarun Jamus ta Bundesliga ta 1999-2000. Ya ci lambar yabo ta "Rookie of the Year" tare da Girona, kuma ya kasance zaɓaɓɓen ƙungiyar farko ta All-League a waccan shekarar.  A cikin 2002, ya ci lambar yabo ta "Mafi kyawun ɗan wasa" a Wasan Wasan Wasannin Mutanen Espanya. 

Okulaja ya yi ƙoƙari daban -daban sau uku don shiga NBA ; kwarewar sansanin horo na farko ya kasance tare da Philadelphia 76ers, sannan tare da San Antonio Spurs, kuma a ƙarshe Utah Jazz, amma ya kasa yin jerin gwanon NBA.

A shekara ta 2008, an gano cewa yana da ƙwayar ƙwayar cuta ta kashin baya kuma dole ne ya shiga aikin jinya na tsawon shekara guda. Bayan ya tabbatar ya yi nasara, Okulaja ya sake buga wa kakar wasa ta Brose Baskets .

A ranar 12 ga watan Yuli, 2010, ya ba da sanarwar yin ritaya daga ƙwallon kwando.

### Ƙasar Jamus
Okulaja ya kasance gogaggen memba na ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta ƙasar Jamus kuma ɗayan manyan jiga -jigan ƙungiyar, tare da Dirk Nowitzki ko Patrick Femerling . Ya yi wasa tare da ƙungiyar a Gasar Turai a 1995, 1997, 1999 da 2001. Ya yi gasa tare da ƙungiyar Jamusawa a Gasar FIBA ta Duniya ta 2002 a Amurka, lashe tagulla, kuma a Japan a Gasar Wasan Kwando ta Duniya FIBA na 2006 .

## Aiki bayan wasa
Ya yi aiki a matsayin manazarci da mai sharhi kan launi a Sport1, tashar wasannin Jamus.

Okulaja ya kafa pro4pros, kamfanin tuntuba na wasanni,  sannan ya zama darektan ofishin Jamus na Octagon, kamfanin wasanni da nishaɗi.

## Hanyoyin Hadin waje

* Yanar Gizo 
* Bayanin Euroleague.net
* Bayanan martaba na Fibaeurope.com

## Manazarta