Hind Ben Abdelkader | |
Team: | Free agent |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lbs: | 148 |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1995 |
Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
College: |
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Draft League: | WNBA |
Draft Year: | 2017 |
Career Start: | 2012 |
Years1: | 2012–2014 |
Team1: | Sint-Katelijne-Waver |
Years2: | 2014–2015 |
Team2: | Cadí La Seu |
Years3: | 2015–2016 |
Team3: | Cavigal Nice Basket 06 |
Years4: | 2016–2017 |
Team4: | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków |
Years5: | 2017–2021 |
Team5: | Hatayspor |
Team6: | Indiana Fever |
Years7: | 2021–2022 |
Team7: | Nika Syktyvkar |
Years8: | 2022–2023 |
Team8: | ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
Years9: | 2023–2024 |
Team9: | Galatasaray |
Hind Ben Abdelkader (born July 7, 1995) is a Belgium professional basketball player who plays for the Galatasaray in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. She is also a member of the Belgium women's national basketball team.
Ben Abdelkader went undrafted in the 2017 WNBA draft. She was signed by the Indiana Fever in 2018 to a training camp contract and made the opening day roster.[1] Ben Abdelkader was waived by the Fever in July, when they signed veteran guard Cappie Pondexter.[2]
She made another attempt at the WNBA in 2019 when she signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky.[3] She didn't make the final squad, as she was waived at the end of training camp.[4]
On 21 July 2023, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[5]
|-| align="left" | 2018| align="left" | Indiana| 14 || 0 || 10.1 || .186 || .207 || .875 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.9 || 2.1|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team| 14 || 0 || 10.1 || .186 || .207 || .875 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.9 || 2.1
Ben Abdelkader decided to join the California Golden Bears women's basketball team for the 2013-2014 season.[6] During February of her freshman season, Ben Abdelkader announced she was leaving California and returning to Belgium.[7]