VEF Riga welcomes back Sanon

VEF Riga (LBL) landed 26-year old Ukrainian international 194cm point guard Issuf Sanon for new season. He is the second import player in the roster as Panamanian Luis Rodriguez signed here earlier.
It is actually his comeback to Riga as he has played here before. He played most recently at Slask in Polish OBL league. In 23 games he averaged 10.5ppg, 2.5rpg, 4.5apg and 1.0spg last season. Sanon helped them to make it to the Polish Cup Semifinals. He also played 13 games in Eurocup where he had 11.2ppg, 2.6rpg and 3.9apg.
In 2018 he was drafted by Washington Wizards (NBA) in second round (44th overall).
Sanon has been also a member of the Ukrainian international program for some years. He has regularly played for the Ukrainian senior team since 2018 and previously for the Under 20 National Team in 2019.
Sanon also represented Ukraine at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers last year. During this event he scored an average of 11.5 points per game and had 4.3 rebounds per game.
He is a very experienced player. Sanon has played also in Lithuania (Siauliai), Slovenia (Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana and Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana) and Ukraine (Dnipro, BK Dnipro 2nd team and Prometey).
Among many awards he won Latvian League championship title in 2025. He received Eurobasket.com All-Latvian-Estonian Basketball League Player of the Year award and Eurobasket.com All-Latvian League Guard of the Year award in 2025.

VEF Riga roster for 2026-27:

Guards:
Issuf Sanon
Luis Rodriguez
Ralfs Aleksandrovs

Center:
Arturs Ozols