The weeks follow one another and are similar in tragedy for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Ten days after a weekend during which the arrivals of BCL group MVP Chris Silva and double EuroLeague champion Nando De Colo were made official, the Istanbul club has just announced on its social networks the significant injury of the Gabonese interior, which occurred during training.
Information about Chris Silva’s health condition
Our player Chris Silva suffered an injury in his left thigh during our team training on Tuesday, January 13 (today).
After our athlete’s check-ups at Medicana Ataşehir Hospital, quadriceps muscle and tendon… pic.twitter.com/AoLseVguge
— Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) January 13, 2026
Having become one of the key elements of AEK Athens in the Basketball Champions League, Silva signed up with Fener to discover the EuroLeague at least until the end of the season. The Istanbulites had managed to steal the Gabonese interior in Athens, while he was very valuable there with 14.8 points and 8 rebounds on average in BCL. These remarkable performances earned him the MVP of the first round of the competition, confirming his status as a major player even beyond the domestic sector.
Ten days after this promotion, his EuroLeague dream was shattered during training, where Chris Silva suffered an injury to his left thigh this Tuesday, January 13. Immediate examinations revealed a grade 2 tear in the quadriceps muscle and tendon. He should miss the next two months of competition…
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Nando De Colo, rare light in Fener news
Obviously, this is a huge challenge for Fener who were eagerly counting on Silva’s talent to perform in the EuroLeague. The interior had just signed their first match in the league, and what a match: 17 points on 4/9 shots and 5 rebounds in just 20 minutes. But his injury is especially added to an already substantial list of players unavailable at the club.
Indeed, Scottie Wilbekin (right knee), Onuralp Bitim (right ankle), Arturs Zagars (right hamstring) and Jilson Bango (left knee) are already on the side. Recently, it was the former MVP of Basketball Champions League and Betclic ELITE (then Jeep ELITE) Bonzie Colson who joined the team. As if that wasn’t enough.
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The news is not very encouraging for Fener fans, who were nevertheless able to get excited about the debut of the other January recruit Nando De Colo. After a successful medical examination, the northern leader competed and showed all his class during a first match back in the Istanbul jersey, in the Super Ligi on Sunday January 11.
With a record of 13 wins for 7 losses, Fenerbahçe is fifth in the EuroLeague standings, one victory behind leader Hapoel Tel Aviv but also half a victory from the Play-In zone. Nothing has yet been done for the Istanbulites, who will have to overcome the pitfalls strewn along their route this season.
