Ali Mahmoud

Ali Mahmoud
Free Agent
Position	Point guard
League	Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born	May 28, 1983 (age 38); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian / Lebanese
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2003–present
Career history
2003–2004	Champville SC
2004–2016	Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2016–2017	Byblos Club
2018–2019	Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Career highlights and awards
	11x Lebanese League Champion (2005–2016, 2019)
Men's basketball
Representing Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship

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

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.^{[citation needed]}

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).^{[citation needed]}

In the 2010 FIBA World Championship, he was the 2nd best stealer.^{[citation needed]}

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: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, runner-up)
2018–2019: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, champion)

Awards and achievements[]

Lebanese Basketball League Champion -2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
Asian Championships in Doha -2005 (Silver)
World Championships in Japan -
Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Domestic Player of the Year -2009
Asia-Basket.com All-Arab Club Championships 2nd Team -2009
World Championships in Turkey - 2nd Best Stealer of the Tournament.
1. 6 retired by Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut

References[]

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

External links[]

http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=Lebanon&PlayerID=33686

[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] ttp://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/colu/AsiaScope/p/newsid/54732/arti.html

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