Kobe Bryant
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Kobe Bryant is a athlete from United States (age 48).
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- Full Name
- Kobe Bryant
- Born
- August 23, 1978
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- Age
- 48 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Virgo
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- Nationality
- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Profession
- Athlete, Basketball Player, Author
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Biography
Kobe Bryant is 48 years old, an athlete, from United States.
Kobe Bean Bryant ( KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning five NBA championships and two gold medals on the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams. Nicknamed "the Black Mamba", Bryant is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
The son of NBA player Joe Bryant and his mother Pam, he was born in Philadelphia and spent part of his childhood in Italy. Bryant played high school basketball at Lower Merion High School outside of Philadelphia. He opted out of college basketball and declared for the 1996 NBA draft.
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