Umoja Adeyemi Gibson (born July 4, 1998) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He plays the point guard position.
College career Gibson began his collegiate career at the University of North Texas, where he played three seasons from 2017 to 2020. He later transferred to the University of Oklahoma, competing for the Sooners from 2020 to 2022. Gibson concluded his college career with the DePaul Blue Demons during the 2022–23 season.
Professional career After college, Gibson signed his first professional contract with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga for the 2023–24 season.
He later joined Spartak Office Shoes of the ABA League during the 2024–25 season.
In June 2025, Gibson signed with Slovenian club Cedevita Olimpija for the 2025–26 season, competing in both the ABA League and the EuroCup. On January 7, 2026, Gibson received a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award after having the game-high 30 points and 5 assists in his team's win. Over the regular season of the 2025-26 EuroCup Gibson led Cedevita in points (16.3) and assists (4.7) per game, and in PIR (17.8).title=Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Statistics |url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana/statistics/lju/?season=2025-26&phase=REGULAR%20SEASON&statistic=pointsScored&sortDirection=descending|
On July 16, 2026, Gibson signed a two–year deal with FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
National team career In June 2026, Gibson received a Bulgarian passport and became eligible to play for the Bulgaria national team ahead of the qualifiers for EuroBasket 2029.
Career statistics
EuroCup
| style="text-align:left;"| 2025–26 | style="text-align:left;"| Cedevita Olimpija | 20 || 18 || 24.8 || .439 || .378 || .881 || 2.2 || 4.9 || 1.4 || .1 || 15.9 || 17.2 |- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 20 || 18 || 24.8 || .439 || .378 || .881 || 2.2 || 4.9 || 1.4 || .1 || 15.9 || 17.2
College
| style="text-align:left;"|2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"|North Texas | 2 || 2 || 20.0 || .381 || .400 || .500 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 1.5 || .5 || 10.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"|North Texas | 33 || 23 || 29.0 || .400 || .393 || .800 || 2.7 || 1.9 || 1.4 || .1 || 12.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2019–20 | style="text-align:left;"|North Texas | 31 || 31 || 30.4 || .412 || .394 || .845 || 2.2 || 1.9 || 1.4 || .0 || 14.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2020–21 | style="text-align:left;"|Oklahoma | 27 || 15 || 27.0 || .393 || .411 || .733 || 3.1 || 1.2 || 1.2 || .0 || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2021–22 | style="text-align:left;"|Oklahoma | 35 || 35 || 32.1 || .435 || .390 || .871 || 2.1 || 1.5 || 1.3 || .0 || 13.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2022–23 | style="text-align:left;"|DePaul | 33 || 33 || 34.4 || .424 || .416 || .867 || 2.8 || 4.7 || 1.8 || .2 || 15.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 161 || 139 || 30.6 || .415 || .400 || .839 || 2.6 || 2.3 || 1.4 || .1 || 13.2
References
External links
North Texas Mean Green bio Oklahoma Sooners bio DePaul Blue Demons bio