Abramo Canka

Born in Genoa, Italy, to a Senegalese father and a Kosovo Albanian mother, Canka grew up playing basketball for Tigullio Sport Team Ligure. In 2016, he joined the youth academy of Serie B club Stella Azzurra Roma. He averaged 16.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals in four games. ==Professional career==

Canka started the 2019–20 season with Stella Azzurra Roma in the third-tier Serie B. He made his first and only appearance on 28 September 2019. He averaged 7.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.6 steals in 18 games for Roseto in 2019–20. On 27 June 2020, Canka signed with Lokomotiv Kuban of the Russian VTB United League. In 17 games in 2020–21, he averaged 7.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. To finish the 2021–22 season, he played one game for Lokomotiv in the VTB United League and 16 games for Lokomotiv's reserves team in the Russian Basketball Super League 1. He missed the start of the 2025–26 season due to injury. ==College career==

In August 2022, Canka moved to the United States to play college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, whose assistant coach Ivo Simović had strong connections to the international community. As a freshman in 2022–23, Canka played in 22 games and averaged 1.5 points in 5.4 minutes per game. He shot 44% overall and 50% on 3-pointers (5 of 10), but struggled at times defensively, not uncommon for youngsters in coach Mick Cronin's complex defense. who had recruited him before he chose UCLA. In June 2024, Canka transferred to Stetson. In 26 games for the Hatters in 2024–25, he made 21 starts and averaged 8.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 26.0 minutes per game. ==National team career==

Canka represented Italy at the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia. In seven games, he averaged 10.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, two assists and 1.9 steals per game, leading his team to 12th place. He also averaged 9.4 points and 2.1 rebounds in the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship. ==Career statistics==