Tariq Kirksay
Tariq Kinte Kirksay is a French American professional basketball player for Fos Provence Basket of the French LNB Pro A. He was born in the Bronx, New York, where he grew up.High school
Kirksay played basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York.College
Kirksay played college basketball at Iona College, with the Iona Gaels, from 1996 to 2000. He was a two-time All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team selection, in the years 1999 and 2000.Professional career
Kirksay won the Russian Cup with UNICS Kazan in 2009. He was named to the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup's All-EuroCup First Team of the 2010–11 season.
In 2017 he signs for the Spanish team Iberostar Tenerife, winning the Basketball Champions League Final Four.Kirksay was a member of the senior men's French national basketball team. With France's senior team, he played at the EuroBasket 2007.