Yasseen Ismail
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Yasseen Ismail in 2012
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| Al-Rayyan | |
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| Position | Forward |
| League | Qatari Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 12, 1980 Somalia[1] |
| Nationality | Qatari |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
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| Men's Basketball | ||
Representing  Qatar |
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| Asian Games | ||
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2006 Doha | Team |
Yasseen Ismail Musa (born August 12, 1980 in Somalia) is a professional basketball player. He plays for Al-Rayyan of the Qatari Basketball League. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.
Musa competed for the Qatar national basketball team at the 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[2] Previously he competed for the junior national team at the 1999 FIBA World Championship for Junior Men and 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men. At the 1999 tournament, he averaged a tournament-best 25 points per game, ahead of future NBA players Andrei Kirilenko and Juan Carlos Navarro and was the second leading rebounder with 12.4 rebounds per game.[3]
Musa announced his international retirement after Qatar's sixth-placed finish at the FIBA Asia Championship in Manila, The Philippines. However, he is set to continue at this club Al Rayyan for at least two more seasons. [4]
References
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- ↑ FIBA Player Profile
- ↑ FIBA Archive
- ↑ http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/doha-dunker-calls-quits/
- Pages with broken file links
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Qatari basketball players
- Asian Games medalists in basketball
- Basketball players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Power forwards (basketball)
