height_ft former_teams nationality team position league height_in birth_date article_title name career_start
6 fairfield university -lrb- 2000-04 -rrb- rwanda/united states cs gaz metan mediaş center romanian league 11 28 january 1982 robert thomson -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 robert thomson 2004
robert thomson -lrb- basketball -rrb-

robert thomson -lrb- born january 28 , 1982 -rrb- is a rwandan-american basketball player currently playing for cs gaz metan mediaş of the romanian basketball league .
he is a member of the rwanda national basketball team .
thomson played division 1 college basketball at fairfield university .
born in pennsylvania , and graduate of saucon valley high school , thomson moved to rwanda in 2006 after graduating from fairfield and two years playing professional basketball in hungary and italy .
thomson later received a rwandan passport and was a member of the rwanda team that finished ninth at the 2009 fiba africa championship and the 2007 that qualified for the first african championship in rwandan history .
thomson led all players in rebounds and minutes per game at the 2009 tournament .
