Ehab Mohamed Mohamed Amin Saleh (born August 1, 1995) is an Egyptian professional

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player for

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. He played college basketball for the

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. He spent his first three college seasons at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, leading the

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in steals and earning first-team All-

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accolades as a junior. Amin has played for the

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at both the youth and senior levels, including the under-16 team to a gold medal at the

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. Amin received national attention when he flopped in a Sweet Sixteen game, leading a CBS reporter to call Amin "the worst of 2019 NCAA tournament."

Early life and career

Amin was born in

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, Egypt to Mohamed and Magda Amin. He has two brothers, named Hesham and Sherif. In his childhood, Amin played

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, basketball, and

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. Despite the popularity of soccer in his home country, he was primarily drawn to basketball, which he started at age 6, due to its faster pace. He played for

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for 11 years, joining the senior team at age 18. He helped Sporting win the

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and

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titles in the 2012–13 season. In addition, he attended Riada American School in Alexandria. Before the 2013–14 school year, Amin moved to the United States to attend

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, a

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but was sidelined for the entire season after breaking his back. Despite the injury, he was offered a scholarship to play

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for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi under head coach

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. He eventually committed to the team and enrolled at the school on June 1, 2014.

College career

In his freshman season for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Amin averaged 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.1 steals in 15 minutes per game. On February 15, 2015, in a victory over

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, he recorded a season-high 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals. As a sophomore, Amin averaged 8.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.8 steals in 18.1 minutes per game. He posted a season-best 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals in a January 19, 2016 win over

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. In his junior season, Amin averaged 16.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists, while leading the NCAA Division I with 3.4 steals per game. He had his best performance of the season on February 15, 2017, in an 81–70 win over

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, notching career-highs of 31 points and 15 rebounds. During the game, Amin also broke the school record for steals in a single season. He also recorded a career-best 7 steals on two separate occasions as a junior. At the end of the season, after breaking the

record for single-season steals, Amin earned Southland All-Defensive Team, first-team All-Southland,

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(NABC) all-region, and

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All-American honors. Two weeks before the 2017–18 season, Amin suffered a hip injury that forced him to

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the year. On March 28, 2018, he announced his intentions to transfer from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. After committing to

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in early May 2018, Amin chose to de-commit at the start of June. On June 29, he committed to

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. In his lone season at Oregon, Amin averaged 5.9 points and 1.5 steals per game.

Professional career

In August 2019, Amin signed with

of the

. He reportedly became the most expensive player in the history of Egyptian basketball, having an offer worth £E2.7 million. In September 2021, Amin helped Ahly win the

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while being named MVP of the tournament in the process. On March 14, he won his second

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and was named MVP of the tournament. On April 4, 2022, Amin extended his contract with three more seasons. On May 16, 2022, Amin recorded a team-high 35 points and 8 rebounds in Game 5 of the Egyptian Super League finals, guiding his team to a 86–73 win over

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. As such, he helped Al Ahly win the

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title and was named the league's

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after the game. Amin finished with three MVP awards in three different competitions in the 2021–22 season.

National team career

Junior national team

Amin played for

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at the

, leading his team to a

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and claiming

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(MVP) honors. In his national team debut on July 8, 2011, he recorded 32 points, 3 assists, and 5 steals to coast past

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, 108–54. He averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game. He competed at the

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, averaging 15.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game. Later in the year, Amin competed for

at the

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, guiding his team to a third-place finish while being named tournament MVP.

Senior national team

Amin debuted for the Egypt senior national team at

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. He averaged 11 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2.4 steals per game.

Awards and accomplishments

Club

;Al Ahly * Egyptian Super League: (

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) *

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: (2022) *

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: (

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) ;Sporting Alexandria *Egyptian Super League: (2013) *Egypt Cup: (2013)

National team

;Egypt Under-18 *

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Gold Medal: (

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) ;Egypt Under-16 *

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Gold Medal: (

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)

Individual

* Egyptian Super League MVP: (

) *

MVP: (2022) *

: (

) * NCAA season steals leader (

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) *First-team All-

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: (2017) *Southland All-Defensive Team: (2017) *

MVP: (

) *

MVP: (

)

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Texas A&M–CC , 33 , , 5 , , 15.0 , , .427 , , .192 , , .690 , , 2.4 , , .8 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 5.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Texas A&M–CC , 33 , , 0 , , 18.1 , , .476 , , .368 , , .716 , , 3.9 , , 1.5 , , 1.8 , , .2 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Texas A&M–CC , 36 , , 34 , , 33.7 , , .462 , , .289 , , .716 , , 6.6 , , 2.9 , , style="background:#cfecec;", 3.4* , , .4 , , 16.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, 37 , , 6 , , 17.9 , , .374 , , .317 , , .646 , , 3.1 , , 1.2 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , 5.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 139 , , 45 , , 21.3 , , .443 , , .298 , , .702 , , 4.0 , , 1.6 , , 2.0 , , .2 , , 9.2

References

External links

Oregon bioEurobasket.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amin, Ehab 1995 births Living people Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Egyptian men's basketball players Oregon Ducks men's basketball players Point guards Sportspeople from Alexandria Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball players Al Ahly basketball players Alexandria Sporting Club players