Elie Rustom Explained

Position:Guard/forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:6
League:Lebanese Basketball League
Team:Sagesse SC
Number:8
Nationality:Lebanese
Birth Date:2 May 1987
Career Start:2004
Years1:2004–2007
Team1:Blue Stars
Years2:2007–2012
Team2:Mouttahed
Years3:2012–2016
Team3:Sagesse
Team4:Mouttahed
Years4:2016–2017
Team5:Champville
Years5:2017–2018
Team6:Homenetmen
Years6:2018–2019
Team7:Beirut Club
Years7:2019–2020
Team8:Champville
Years8:2020–2022
Team9:Beirut Club
Years9:2022–2023
Team10:Dynamo Lebanon
Years10:2023
Years11:2024–present
Team11:Sagesse Club

Elie Rustom (; born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese basketball player currently playing for Sagesse Club in the Lebanese Basketball League. He is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He previously played with Blue Stars.[1]

Basketball career

Rustom started to play basketball with Blue Stars youth team. He played two years for the youth team. In 2007 he signed with Al Mouttahed Tripoli.

In 2009 Rustom was called for the national team and participated in the 2009 William Jones Cup but was not called up to the final squad.[2]

In 2010 he was also called by the national team. He played in 2010 William Jones Cup[3] and FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010.[4] He was in the starting 5 in all Lebanon's games in FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 and also the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He was in the starting 5 for Mouttahed during the 2011 final four under coach Paul Caughter.[5]

In 2011 he was called to the national team but he was injured during the preparations for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship and could not make it to the final squad.

In 2012 Rustom signed for Lebanese Sagesse.

In 2016 he returned to his boyhood club Mouttahed, after spending four years with the Sagesse.

In 2017 he signed with Champville.

In 2018 Rustom sign with the defending champions Homenetmen.

In 2022, Rustom signed with defending champions Beirut Club

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elie Rustom.
  2. http://sawte.com/vb/sports-center/3651-william-jones-cup.html William Jones Cup
  3. Web site: William Jones Cup Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket.
  4. http://beirut2010.fibaasia.net/Team_Details.aspx?id=25 Team Details
  5. Web site: Lebanon Daily Star . 2011-04-27 . 2012-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121007005618/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Apr/20/Champville-take-Game-1-of-Final-Four-against-Mouttahed.ashx#axzz1KkSot3S0 . dead .