Ludovic Chelle is a Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

an-French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 basketball player currently playing for JL Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball

Ligue Nationale de Basketball

The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

. He is also a member of the Mali national basketball team

Mali national basketball team

Mali national basketball team is a basketball team in Mali. They are yet to appear in the FIBA World Championship. Their best finish at the FIBA Africa Championship was in 1972 where they ended with a bronze medal.- African Championship record :...

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Chelle has predominantly been a role player coming off the bench in his time in the French league. After signing in 2001 with Olympique Antibes

Olympique Antibes

Olympique Antibes Juan-les-Pins Côte d'Azur, or OAJLP, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. The club's men's senior team currently plays in Pro B, the French second division.-History:...

, Chelle has played for four different teams in the league. His best season came with Chorale Roanne Basket

Chorale Roanne Basket

Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the Pro A. Their coach is Jean-Denys Choulet. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse...

 in 2005, averaging 8.9 points per game in 34 games. He also participated in the FIBA EuroCup

EuroChallenge

The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...

 with Paris Basket Racing

Paris Basket Racing

Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, is a now-defunct French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in the year 1922 as the basketball section of the sports club Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000....

 in 2004.

Chelle averaged 11.1 PPG during the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship in helping Mali to an eighth place finish in the tournament.