{"id":66840,"date":"2025-06-26T02:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T01:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=66840"},"modified":"2025-06-26T02:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T01:51:56","slug":"noa-essengue-parents-all-about-noa-essengue-father-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/noa-essengue-parents-all-about-noa-essengue-father-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are Noa Essengue\u2019s Parents? Meet the Influences Behind France\u2019s Rising NBA Prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noa Essengue is a young French talent who was selected by the Chicago Bulls as the 12th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Essengue&rsquo;s journey stands out, as he&rsquo;s never played a minute of NCAA basketball, choosing the European development route instead. He came through the Orleans Loiret Basket&rsquo;s academy and played in European competitions.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to Chicago, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoaEssengue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@NoaEssengue<\/a>! &#127467;&#127479; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y7Zcda0F7N\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/y7Zcda0F7N<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/1938048065304224063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>In 2023, he signed with Ratiopharm Ulm and began playing for their affiliate, Orange Academy, in Germany&rsquo;s ProB league, a crucial step in his development. In the 2024-25 season, the 18-year-old broke into the senior roster of Ulm.<\/p><p>Featuring in 40 games, the point guard averaged 10.2 points per game, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists. He has a field goal percentage of 62.6%. At just 17, Essengue earned a surprise call-up to France&rsquo;s senior national team for the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers, an extraordinary feat for a teenager.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who Are Noa Essengue&rsquo;s Parents?<\/h2><p>Noa Essengue was born on December 18, 2006, in Orl&eacute;ans, Loiret, France, to parents Ingrid and Gaston Essengue.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Noa Essengue&rsquo;s Father?<\/h2><p>Gaston Essengue is the father of Noa and he is a former basketball player. Gaston featured in European leagues as well as Latin American leagues. He is currently the head coach of Venados de Mazatlan.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Noa Essengue&rsquo;s Mother?<\/h2><p>Ingrid is the mother of Noa Essengue. She was a math teacher at a French elementary school. Ingrid will be accompanying her son to the U.S. for the 2025 NBA Draft event in New York.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the Nationality of Noa Essengue&rsquo;s Parents?<\/h2><p>Gaston Essengue, a Cameroon international, has made a name for himself in global basketball circles, while limited information is available about Ingrid&rsquo;s background. Although the parents have lived separately for years, most public attention remains centered on Noa and his steady rise to the NBA.<\/p><p>Gaston Essenguee who is coaching in Mazatlan, Sinaloa meaning he is currently residing in Mexico. Ingrid has kept custody of their children and stays with them in France.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Noa Essengue\u2019s roots shaped his rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1336,7569,8000],"class_list":["post-66840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-nba-draft-2025","tag-noa-essengue"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Are Noa Essengue&rsquo;s Parents? 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