Anas Osama Mahmoud ( ar, أنس أسامة محمود; born May 9, 1995) is an Egyptian professional basketball player who plays for

Al Ittihad Alexandria Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد السكندري), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in ...

of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He played

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at the

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. He represents the

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High school career

Mahmoud attended West Oaks Academy in

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for his senior year of high school. After garnering interest from college programs such as

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, Georgia Tech, and Louisville, Mahmoud signed a letter of intent to play and study at the

on April 22, 2014.

College career

Mahmoud enrolled at Louisville on June 30, 2014. In Mahmoud's freshman season, he played in 30 games and averaged 1.2 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks per game in 7.9 minutes per game. Mahmoud's sophomore season was cut short by a foot injury in mid-February 2016. , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Louisville , 30, , 2, , 7.9, , .400, , .000, , .750, , 1.4, , .4, , .1, , .7, , 1.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;, Louisville , 22, , 2, , 13.1, , .470, , .000, , .400, , 3.0, , .5, , .5, , 1.3, , 3.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;, Louisville , 31, , 16, , 18.7, , .620, , .000, , .642, , 4.0, , .8, , .9, , 2.1, , 5.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Louisville , 36, , 22, , 23.4, , .550, , .000, , .500, , 5.0, , 1.0, , .8, , 2.9, , 6.8

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Mahmoud signed with the Memphis Grizzlies for the

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. On August 25, 2018, Mahmoud returned to Egypt to sign his first professional contract with

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. Mahmoud was on the Zamalek roster for the

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and helped his team win the first-ever BAL championship. He led the team in steals and blocks and was named the

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at the end of the season. In the same 2020–21 season, Mahmoud won his second Super League title and was named the MVP of the competition for the first time. In August 2021, Mahmoud played for the Toronto Raptors for the

. He was the first BAL player to ever play in the NBA Summer League. On May 29, 2022, Mahmoud extended his contract with Zamalek for two more seasons, until 2024. In October 2022, he changed teams when he signed for

in a reported three-year deal. On May 2, 2024, Mahmoud won the Egyptian Cup with Al Ittihad and was named tournament MVP. In May 2023, after the end of the Egyptian League season, Mahmoud joined Libyan club Al Ahli Tripoli for the remainder of the 2022–23 season.

International career

Mahmoud represented

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in the

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, where he averaged 5.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 2.1 bpg. He also represented

in the AfroBasket 2013 and AfroBasket 2021.

BAL career statistics

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Awards and accomplishments

Club career

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Individual

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All-Defensive Team (2018)

References

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