Ali Mahmoud

Ali Mahmoud (Arabic: علي محمود‎) is a retired Lebanese-Canadian basketball player.

Ali Mahmoud
Free Agent
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1983-05-28) May 28, 1983
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NationalityLebanese
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career2003–present
Career history
2003-2004Champville SC
2004-2016Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2016–2017Byblos Club
2018-2019Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Career highlights and awards
11x Lebanese League Champion (2005-2016, 2019)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship
2007 TokushimaTeam

Career

Mahmoud was born on May 28, 1983, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Toufic and Gina Mahmoud, who had immigrated to Canada.[1]

He played with St. Patrick's High School Fighting Irish 1999 to 2002 and for one academic year, in 2002-2003, in University of Ottawa Gee-Gees. In 2003, Mahmoud was offered a professional contract by Champville SC, a Lebanese club in Division A. One year later, he moved to another Lebanese club Al Riyadi, where he stayed playing there until 2016. Afterwards, he joined Byblos Club for one year before returning to Al Riyadi.

Mahmoud is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship which took place in Japan and in 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. He is 1.83m and plays as a point guard (PG).

Mahmoud is known for his steals. In the 2010 FIBA World Championship, he was the 2nd best stealer.

On January 23, 2013, it was noted in several publications, including FIBA.com, that he would be making his return to national team play and represent Lebanon in upcoming international tournaments.[2]

Clubs
  • 2002-2003 Ottawa CIS starting five
  • 2003-2004: Champville SC (Lebanon-Div.A, starting five): 6.8ppg, 3.7rpg, 2.9apg, 2.1spg
  • 2004-2005: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A): 25 games: 8.7ppg, 5.2rpg, 4.9apg, Steals-1(3.1spg), 2FGP: 58.0%, 3FGP: 37.0%
  • 2005-2006: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2006-2007: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Div.A): 18 games: 9.8ppg, 5.5rpg, 6.6apg, 2.9spg, 2FGP: 47.2%, 3PT: 32.7%, FT: 67.7%
  • 2007-2008: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A): 19 games: 9.6ppg, 6.2rpg, 4.3apg, 2.0spg, 2FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 37.8%, FT: 51.4%
  • 2008-2009: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, starting five): 23 games: 12.2ppg, 5.9rpg, Assists-1 (6.3apg), 2.0spg, 2FGP-3 (61.8%), 3PT: 30.1%, FT: 56.9%
  • 2009-2010: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, starting five)
  • 2010-2011: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2011-2012 : Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2012-2013 : Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2013-2014 : Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2015-2016 : Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2016-2017 : Byblos Club (lebanon-Div.A,starting five)
  • 2017-2018: Al Riyadi

Awards and achievements
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References
  1. "Article by Martin Cleary in Ottawa Citizen: Hoop dream comes full circle". Archived from the original on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  2. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/colu/AsiaScope/p/newsid/54732/arti.html
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