Ismail Ahmed Abdelmoneim
Ismail Ahmed Abdelmoneim (Arabic: إسماعيل أحمد عبد المنعم; born September 23, 1976) is an Egyptian-Lebanese professional basketball player. He plays for Al Ittihad Alexandria Club. He was a main member of the Egypt national basketball team that participated in the FIBA Africa Championship 2001 in Casablanca in Morocco and in the FIBA Africa Championship 2003 that took place in Alexandria, Egypt.
No. 1 – Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward / Center | ||||||||||||||||
League | Egyptian Super League | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Alexandria, Egypt | September 23, 1976||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Egyptian / Lebanese | ||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 244 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1993–present | ||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||
1993–1997 | Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | ||||||||||||||||
1999 | Hekmeh BC | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Champville SC | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2017 | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Homenetmen | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||||||
2020-present | Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | ||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Career
The story of "the Egyptian pharaoh" began in 1996 when he was 20 and his team Ittihad went to Lebanon to participate in the Arab Clubs Championship. He led the team to the championship beating Lebanese Sagesse Beirut.
The team traveled to a camp in Lebanon in 1997. The Wardia club Nadi Salim Samaha made an offer for him to join the team, which was supervised by Fouad Abu Shaqra.
He was loaned from Wardia to play with Sagesse Beirut in the Arab Club Championship in 1998. Ahmad played a historic role in the team title scoring 21 points. He was the second player with an Arab surname and the first with the Lebanese team.
After the Rosary, he played in 1999 under the leadership of the Egyptian coach Azmi Sharif before returning to Egypt to play with Ittihad. He then returned to Lebanon from Champville gate in 2002. The following season, 2003-2004, was one of the most beautiful in the history of Lebanese basketball.
On September 22, 2017 he signed with Homenetmen.
2002–2003 NBA Summer League
In the summer of 2002, Ahmad went to the United States to play for the Houston Rockets in the summer league and then the Miami Heat the following year.
National team
Playing for the Egyptian team he won the African Games three times.
Achievements
Egypt National Team
- FIBA Africa Championship 2001-Bronze Medalist.
- FIBA Africa Championship 2003-Bronze Medalist.
- All African Games 2007
- Qualifying to FIFA World Youth Championship in 1997
El Ittihad Alexandria (basketball)
- Egyptian Basketball Premier League (2x) : 1995-1996
- Arab Club Basketball Championship (3x) : 1995-1996 , 2002
- 1998 Arab Club Championship- Gold Medalist.
- Lebanese Basketball League (x12) : 2005-2011 , 2014-2017, 2019
- Lebanese Basketball Cup (x4) : 2006-2008, 2019
- 2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup - Gold Medalist
- WABA Champions Cup (x2) - 2008 , 2011
- Arab Club Basketball Championship (x6): 2005-2007 , 2009-2010, 2019
- Lebanese Basketball Cup (x1): 2004
- Arab Club Basketball Championship (x1): 2017
- Lebanese Basketball League (x1): 2018
- Lebanese Basketball Cup (x1): 2018
References
- "Ahmad Ismail, Egypt". Player Profiles. asia-basket.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
External links
- Player profile at www.Asia-Basket.com (subscription required)
- "أسرار "الكرة البرتقالية": عن اسطورة إسمها إسماعيل احمد..ما قصته مع الحكمة؟ وما هي الحلقة المفقودة في مسيرته؟". arabia.eurosport.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- "Ismail Abdel-Moneim Player Profile, Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.