Saad Abdulrahman Explained

Position:Point guard
Saad Abdulrahman
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Nationality:Qatari
Birth Date:2 May 1985
Birth Place:Doha, Qatar
Career Start:2005
Career End:2016
Years1:2005–2007
Team1:Al-Sadd
Years2:2007–2010
Team2:Al-Rayyan
Years3:2011–2016
Team3:Al-Sadd

Saad Abdulrahman Ali (born 2 May 1985) is a former professional basketball player. He played for Al-Sadd of the Qatar Basketball League. He was also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.

Saad competed for the Qatar national basketball team at the 2005 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[1] He also competed for Qatar at their only FIBA World Championship performance to date, in 2006, where he averaged 12.8 points and 2.4 assists per game.

In 2009, Abdulrahman had his best individual international tournament to date, averaging 17.8 points per game for the Qataris.[1] He finished in the top ten leaders in points, minutes and steals per game en route to being named to the All-Tournament third team.[2] However, despite his efforts, Qatar finished sixth in the tournament and failed to qualify for their second consecutive FIBA World Championship.

Notes and References

  1. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120801202031/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/56681/sid/7038/tid/350/profile.html FIBA Player Profile
  2. https://www.asia-basket.com/Asian-Championships/basketball.aspx?NewsID=169698 Asia-basket.com All-Tournament teams