Saad Abdulrahman Ali (born 2 May 1985) is a former professional basketball player. He played for Al-Sadd of the Qatar Basketball League. He was also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.
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| Born | 2 May 1985 Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2005–2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2007 | Al-Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Al-Rayyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Al-Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saad competed for the Qatar national basketball team at the 2005 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[1] He also competed for Qatar at their only FIBA World Championship performance to date, in 2006, where he averaged 12.8 points and 2.4 assists per game.[citation needed]
In 2009, Abdulrahman had his best individual international tournament to date, averaging 17.8 points per game for the Qataris.[1] He finished in the top ten leaders in points, minutes and steals per game en route to being named to the All-Tournament third team.[2] However, despite his efforts, Qatar finished sixth in the tournament and failed to qualify for their second consecutive FIBA World Championship.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b FIBA Player Profile
- ^ Asia-basket.com All-Tournament teams Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine