| Yousef Taha | |
| Position: | Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lbs: | 240 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Nationality: | Filipino / Palestinian |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Kuwait |
| Draft Year Pba: | 2012 |
| Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
| Draft Pick Pba: | 11 |
| Draft Team Pba: | Air21 Express |
| High School: | Trinity Christian (Lubbock, Texas) |
| College: | North Lake College Mapúa |
| Career Start: | 2012 |
| Years1: | 2012 |
| Team1: | Air21 Express |
| Years2: | 2012–2013 |
| Team2: | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Team3: | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Team4: | Petron Blaze Boosters |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Team5: | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| Years6: | 2014–2016 |
| Team6: | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers / Purefoods Star Hotshots / Star Hotshots |
| Years7: | 2017–2018 |
| Team7: | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| Years8: | 2018–2019 |
| Team8: | TNT KaTropa |
| Years9: | 2021–2022 |
| Team9: | Alaska Aces |
| Years10: | 2022–2023 |
| Team10: | Blackwater Bossing |
| Years11: | 2024 |
| Team11: | NLEX Road Warriors |
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Yousef S. Taha (born July 8, 1988) is a Filipino-Palestinian professional basketball player who last played for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was selected 11th overall in the 2012 PBA draft by the Air21 Express.[1]
In the middle of the 2012–13 Philippine Cup, Taha was traded from the Air21 to Ginebra.[2] Then before the 2013 Governors' Cup, Taha was again traded, this time to the GlobalPort Batang Pier. Petron Blaze Boosters, got him in a trade with the Batang Pier which gave them the Blaze Boosters' 5th overall pick in 2013 PBA draft[3] In the middle of 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs which San Miguel Beermen is eliminated by Air21 Express, Taha was again traded to GlobalPort Batang Pier in exchange for Justin Chua and he will make return in GlobalPort.[4] On June 4, 2014 Taha was again traded by GlobalPort Batang Pier to San Mig Super Coffee Mixers in exchange for Yancy De Ocampo and Val Acuña.[5]
On November 28, 2016, Taha announced on a letter that he will be going back to his hometown country of Kuwait for personal reasons, thus ending his short career in the PBA.[6] The leave was only for a short while, however, as he returned to the Philippines to play with the team again in 2017–18 PBA season.[7] On November 29, 2017, exactly a year and a day after his "retirement", he officially signed a two-year contract with GlobalPort.[8]
On April 3, 2018, Taha, along with Terrence Romeo, was traded to the TNT KaTropa for Moala Tautuaa and two future draft picks.[9]
On February 19, 2021, he signed a one-year deal with the Alaska Aces.[10] Exactly one year later, he signed a one-year extension with the team.[11]
On May 21, 2022, Taha was traded to the Blackwater Bossing for Kurt Lojera.[12] Two days after, he signed a one-year extension with the team.[13]
On February 26, 2024, Taha was traded to the NLEX Road Warriors in a three-team trade involving NLEX, Blackwater, and TNT Tropang Giga.[14]
As of the end of 2023–24 season[15] [16]
|-| align=left rowspan=3| | align=left | Air21| rowspan=3|37 || rowspan=3|11.7 || rowspan=3|.341 || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|.522 || rowspan=3|4.1 || rowspan=3|.7 || rowspan=3|.3 || rowspan=3|.4 || rowspan=3|2.5|-| align=left | Barangay Ginebra|-| align=left | GlobalPort|-| align=left rowspan=3| | align=left | Petron / San Miguel| rowspan=3|23 || rowspan=3| 8.8 || rowspan=3|.400 || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|.611 || rowspan=3|2.1 || rowspan=3|.4 || rowspan=3|.2 || rowspan=3|.2 || rowspan=3|1.9 |-| align=left | GlobalPort|-| align=left | San Mig Super Coffee|-| align=left | | align=left | Purefoods / Star| 31 || 15.1 || .500 || .000 || .560 || 4.2 || .9 || .3 || .5 || 4.2 |-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left | Star| rowspan=2|23 || rowspan=2|18.9 || rowspan=2|.525 || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|.500 || rowspan=2|6.0 || rowspan=2|.9 || rowspan=2|.4 || rowspan=2|.3 ||rowspan=2| 4.5|-| align=left | GlobalPort|-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left | GlobalPort| rowspan=2|20 || rowspan=2|11.5 || rowspan=2|.466 || rowspan=2|.200 || rowspan=2|.533 || rowspan=2|3.4 || rowspan=2|.5 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|3.2|-| align=left | TNT|-| align=left | | align=left | TNT| 40 || 12.4 || .429 || .000 || .540 || 3.4 || .6 || .3 || .4 || 3.2|-| align=left | | align=left | Alaska| 16 || 23.2 || .471 || .500 || .620 || 6.4 || 1.5 || .6 || .8 || 8.1|-| align=left | | align=left | Blackwater| 30 || 18.5 || .465 || .000 || .538 || 5.9 || 1.8 || .4 || .6 || 6.6|-| align=left | | align=left | NLEX| 2 || 13.8 || .333 || || || 3.5 || || .5 || || 1.0|-class=sortbottom| align="center" colspan=2 | Career| 222 || 14.4 || .452 || .100 || .549 || 4.3 || .9 || .3 || .4 || 4.0