Gaston Essengué

Gaston Essengué (born October 10, 1983) is a Cameroonian basketball power forward with Club Atletico Quilmes in the Argentina National League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national team. Essengué first attended Compton College and Weatherford College in Texas, where he graduated from in 2005. He then transferred to UNLV, from where he graduated in 2007.

Gaston Essengué

Personal information
Born	(1983-10-10) October 10, 1983 (age 41) Yaoundé, Cameroon
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College	Compton College (2003–2004) Weatherford College (2004–2005) UNLV (2005–2007)
NBA draft	2007: undrafted
Position	Head coach
Coaching career	2025–present
Career history
As a player:
2007–2008	Selçuk Üniversitesi BK
2008–2009	West-Brabant Giants
2009–2010	Étendard de Brest
2010	Sigal Prishtina
2010	Étendard de Brest
2010	Cosehisa Monzón
2010	Ciclista Juninense
2010–2011	Club San Martín de Corrientes
2011	Perak Farmcochen
2011–2012	Asociación Italiana
2012–2013	Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2013–2014	San Isidro San Francisco
2014	Libertad de Sunchales
2014–2015	Club Alianza Viedma
2015–2016	San Isidro San Francisco
2016–2017	Comunicaciones Mercedes
2018	Estudiantes de Olavarría
2018	Municipal Puente Alto
2018	Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2019	Platense
2019	Sol de América
2019–2020	Oberá
2021	Ameghino
2022	Faraones de NCG
2022	Venados de Mazatlán
2022	Buras de Hermosillo
As a coach:
2025	Venados de Mazatlán
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Cameroon African Championships 2007 Angola Cameroon

Essengué joined Venados de Mazatlán of the CIBACOPA in mid-2022.^[1] He signed with the Buras de Hermosillo of the Circuito de Baloncesto del Pacífico (CIBAPAC) later that year.^[2]

National team career

Essengué won a silver medal with the Cameroon national team at AfroBasket 2007. Following AfroBasket 2015, where Cameroon finished in ninth place, he retired from the national team.^[3]