Thomas Bropleh boosts FC Porto basketball until the end of the season | OneFootball

Thomas Bropleh is the latest signing for FC Porto’s basketball team, having signed a deal valid until the end of the season. The American, who can play as a point guard or small forward, is 34 years old and stands 1.95 meters tall. He returns to Invicta almost ten years after wearing the blue and white shirt during the 2016/17 season.

Born in Denver, the capital of Colorado, Thomas Bropleh spent four years in the NCAA with Boise State University. His professional debut came in 2014/15, in Germany, with Baskets Paderborn, a club where he finished the season averaging 15.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.

After an unremarkable spell in the United States, the guard/forward arrived at FC Porto midway through the 2016/17 season. The experience lasted just over a month and was marked by only eight games, before the player moved to Spain to represent Rio Breogán. Despite the short stay, he posted impressive numbers wearing the Dragon on his chest: 13.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game.

With the exception of last season in France, with Denain Voltaire (2017/18), it was in Spain that the basketball player built most of his European career. After playing for Real Betis (2018/19) and Bahía San Agustín (2019/20), he spent three straight seasons with Covirán Granada, between 2020 and 2023. In all of them, he averaged more than 13.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, showing remarkable consistency.

Thomas Bropleh also had a productive spell in Japan with Shizuoka Veltex. In total, he played 56 games for the Japanese club, averaging 17.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Left-handed, athletic, strong one-on-one and solid defensively, he returned to Spain in 2024/25 to play for Hiopos Lleida. His new reunion with FC Porto comes after a season in Romania, during which he averaged 14.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game for CSM Oradea.

In the 2026/27 season, in which FC Porto will look to retain the National Championship title and take part, for the first time, in the Basketball Champions League group stage, Thomas Bropleh joins the group of foreign players coached by Fernando Sá, alongside Childe Dundão, Corey Allen, Tanner Omlid, James Woodard and Xeyrius Williams.

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