Yankuba Sima

Yankuba Sima Fatty (born 28 July 1996), is a Gambian-Spanish professional basketball player for Valencia of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. He has also represented the Spanish national team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), Sima plays in the center position.

Born in Girona, Catalonia to Gambian parents, Sima started playing basketball at age 7 in local club CE Santa Eugènia de Ter. He later joined the academy of CB Sant Josep. Sima would also join the Canarias Basketball Academy before moving to the United States to continue his studies and further develop his career.

Sima attended and played high school basketball for Arlington Country Day School and Elev8 Institute in Delray, Florida.

Sima played his freshman year of college for St. John's of the Big East Conference. In the 2025-16 season he averaged 7.3 points per game and led the team in rebounds per game with 5.7. He achieved the second highest number of blocks in the conference with 60.

In the 2016-17 season, he transferred to Oklahoma State midseason after playing 10 games for St. John's. In the 2017-18 season, Sima led the team in blocks with 1.1 per game.

Sima returned to Spain in 2018 to pursue professional basketball. He initially joined CB Breogán on a trial period at the start of the 2018-19 season, but he never made his debut for the Galician team. Sima later signed with Bàsquet Manresa of the Liga ACB in December 2018. He made his professional debut on 24 December 2018, in a Liga ACB game against Obradoiro. In March of 2019, Manresa extended Sima's contract until 2022. After seeing little playtime during the 2019-20 season Sima joined Club Ourense Baloncesto on loan in January 2020, playing the rest of the season in the LEB Oro.

Sima spent two more seasons in Manresa, recording his best numbers in the 2021-22 season. He averaged 7.4 points and 4 rebounds per game in a total of 36 games played. Sima also reached the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four with Manresa, losing the final to Lenovo Tenerife.

Sima joined Reyer Venezia in July 2022, competing in the LBA and the EuroCup. Seeing little playtime, Sima would leave the Italian side in January 2023.