Issuf Sanon  Issuf Vladlen Sanon (; born October 30, 1999), also spelled Yusuf Sanon, is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Dnipro of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. Standing , the combo guard has experience with the Ukraine under-18 national team. He began his career with the Ukrainian club Dnipro, and was one of the top players on its reserve team. Sanon was born and raised in Donetsk, Ukraine. His father, a native of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, met Issuf's mother while the two were studying in Ukraine. Sanon began playing basketball at age 7, following his older brother into the sport. In 2014, he competed with the Falcons in the Donetsk School Basketball League, under head coach Anna Kapralova. Sanon made his professional debut for Dnipro on October 2, 2016, scoring two points in two minutes against BIPA Odessa, in the top-tier level league in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In his first season with the team, he primarily competed for the club's reserve team, Dnipro-2 in the Ukrainian Higher League, the second-tier level professional league in the country. On January 17, 2017, he earned Player of the Week honors from the website Eurobasket.com, after recording a double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds, in a January 14 game, for Dnipro-2 to defeat Kremen-2. He completed the season for Dnipro-2 averaging 16.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 3.3 steals per game, in the second division Higher League. In the 2017–18 season, Sanon saw more playing time for the Dnipro senior team and increased success on the reserve team. His season debut came on September 27, 2017, against Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece in FIBA Europe Cup's 2017–18 qualification rounds, playing 56 seconds and recording no statistics. On October 15, 2017, with second division Dnipro-2, Sanon recorded 33 points, four rebounds, and eight assists, en route to Eurobasket.com Higher League Player of the Week accolades. He scored a career-high 11 points off the bench, on December 1, 2017, to help defeat Cherkaski Mavpy, in the first division SuperLeague. In his 2017–18 stint with Dnipro, he averaged 2.4 points, 1.2 assists, and 0.8 steals in 9.6 minutes per game, in 13 games played in the Ukrainian top division Super League.