Ahmad Ibrahim | |
Position: | Small forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 220 |
League: | Lebanese Basketball League |
Team: | Sagesse SC |
Number: | 9 |
Nationality: | Lebanese |
Birth Date: | 18 February 1992 |
Birth Place: | Beirut, Lebanon |
Highschool: |
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College: | Rice (2011–2012) |
Career Start: | 2010 |
Years1: | 2012–2015 |
Team1: | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Team2: | Homenetmen Beirut |
Years3: | 2017–2019 |
Team3: | Champville SC |
Years4: | 2019–2020 |
Team4: | Homenetmen Beirut |
Years5: | 2021–2023 |
Team5: | Dynamo Lebanon |
Years6: | 2023– |
Team6: | Sagesse SC |
Ahmad Ali Ibrahim (Arabic: إبراهيم أحمد, born February 18, 1992) is a Lebanese professional basketball player who plays for Lebanese club Sagesse SC.[1] He was a member of the Lebanon national basketball team for the 2010 William Jones Cup.[2] During the 2012 off-season, Ahmad left the Rice Owls to pursue a professional career in Lebanon.
During 2008–09, he attended The Patterson School in Lenoir, North Carolina. However, the school closed for funding reasons in 2009. For his junior year, he attended Mountain State Academy[3] and for his senior year, he attended Christian Life Center Academy in Humble, Texas. As a senior, he averaged 18 points, nine rebounds and four assists while seeing playing time at all three perimeter positions. He helped lead his high school team to a 30-5 record.
During the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008, Ahmad was then 16. He averaged 32.6 points per game during that tournament. Ibrahim is considered as future hope of Lebanese basketball.[4] Ahmad also played in the 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.[5]
Ahmad committed to the Rice Owls.[6] In 33 games, he averaged 6.2ppg, 1.9rpg, and 1.0apg.[7]
Ahmad is the cousin of fellow Lebanese basketball player Mohammed Ibrahim.