It was there that respected coach and coordinator, David Serrano helped him start his basketball career in full swing, following which Garuba was named EuroLeague Rising Star and ACB Best Young Player in the 2020/21 season. Garuba, who idolized USA’s National Basketball Association (NBA) former most valuable player and legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, joined Escuela Municipal de Baloncesto de Azuqueca (Municipal Basketball School of Azuqueca) in November 2011. He grew up playing football, but switched to basketball because his exceptional height limited his success in the former sport. His father, Mustapha, works for manufacturing company Bimbo in Guadalajara, and his mother, Betty, works for the Azuqueca employment program. Garuba was raised in the neighborhood of Villaverde Alto and municipality of Azuqueca de Henares in province of Guadalajara by parents from Benin City, but left to escape conflict in their hometown.Īfter initially moving to Brussels, Belgium, they settled in Madrid without work permits, but they were still able to bring forth Garuba, his younger brother, Sediq, and a younger sister, Uki. Garuba was born at Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid, Spain to Nigerian parents and joined the youth academy of Real Madrid at age 11, following which he became the youngest starter in the club’s history in 2019, when he was 17 years old. This follows remarkable statistics picked up so far by the youngster, who is officially registered as Destiny Usman Garuba Alari (born March 9, 2002) and is listed at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) as a power forward and center. reports that this is the verdict of Spain’s coach to this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Sergio Scariolo, who was reeling lyrical about Garuba and other youngster’s in his squad.Īlthough Garuba could not save the SPaniards from losing to Team USA in the quarter-finals at Tokyo 2020, Scariolo is not ruling out the lad’s chances of excelling in the near future. Houston Rockets of USA’s Nigerian-born youngster, Usman Garuba has been rated high among the array of players available for Spain for future heroics on the international scene.

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