Maxime Zianveni

Maxime Zianveni (born 29 December 1979) is a French-born Central African professional basketball coach and former player, who played at the power forward position. He is current head coach of the Central African Republic national basketball team. He played for several clubs in France during his playing career.^[1]

Maxime Zianveni

Personal information
Born	(1979-12-29) 29 December 1979 (age 45) Nancy, France
Nationality	French / Central African
Listed height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
Playing career	1997–2020
Position	Power forward
Number	54
Coaching career	2020–present
Career history
As a player:
1997–2007	SLUC Nancy Basket
2007–2008	AEL Limassol
2008	APOEL Nicosia
2009	Hyères-Toulon Var
2009–2010	Élan Chalon
2010–2011	STB Le Havre
2011–2013	Strasbourg IG
2013–2015	SLUC Nancy Basket
2015–2016	Charleville
2016–2017	Boulazac
2017–2020	Le Cannet
As a coach:
2020–2021	Le Cannet
2021–present	Central African Republic
2022–2024	SLUC Nancy Basket (assistant)
Career highlights
Korać Cup winner (2002)

Coaching career

On 23 April 2020, Zianveni signed as head coach of Le Cannet of the Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2), France's fourth tier league.^[2]

He became the head coach of the Central African Republic national basketball team in 2021, and coached the country at FIBA AfroBasket 2021.

On July 6, 2022, he has signed with SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A as an assistant coach.^[3]