Joseph Vogel (; born September 15, 1973) is an American-Lebanese

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player. Vogel attended Colorado State. Upon graduation, he was drafted by the

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in the 1996 He played as a professional in Taiwan, Turkey, Japan, Saudi Arabia and on a number of Lebanese basketball teams, including

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Champville SC Champville SC ( ar, نادي الشانفيل الرياضي) is a Lebanese basketball team from Dik El Mehdi, Lebanon, which competes in the Lebanese Basketball League. History In Game 4 of the 2011–2012 Finals, Champville defeated Anibal Z ...

and

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. After his naturalization as a Lebanese citizen, he also became a member of the

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. At 6'11", he was Lebanon's starting

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. The American-Lebanese

player currently plays for Hoops Club as a center.

Draft

Vogel was drafted with the 45th overall pick by the

in the

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College

Vogel attended Colorado State and was ranked second in blocked shots with 180 and 7th all time in games played, with 115 to his credit.

Professional teams

After Seattle, Vogel joined Turkey's basketball

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for the 1996–97 season. He was, however, replaced by Mills during that season. In 1997, he signed with the Red Wolves basketball team in Japan, and returned to the Seattle SuperSonics at their

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to train.

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

was Vogel's next stop, in Saudi Arabia for the 1998–99 season. Vogel arrived to the Lebanon Leprechauns for the 1999–2000 season and signed with

. He also took part of some tournaments in the United States in 2000 and 2001. His return to Lebanon gave him the chance to join the Champville basketball team under a five-year contract. Vogel was part of the

basketball team from 2004 until 2013. He won various local championships with Al Riyadi and across Asia. Vogel then played for

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, Byblos Club and Hoops Club.

Awards and achievements

*Western Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team −95 *Saudi Arabian League Champion −99 *WAC 2nd Team -Pre96 *Lebanese League Champion −00, 05, 06, 07,08,09,2010. *

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of the Asian Cup tournament −99 *Lebanese National Team −01, 03, 05–07 *Mediterranean Games in Tunisia −01 *World Championships in Indianapolis (USA) -02 *

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Tournament Winner −04. *Lebanese Cup Winner −04, 06, 07, 2015. *Lebanese League Regular Season Champion −04, 05, 06, 07 *Asia-Basket.com Lebanese League All-Domestic Players Team −04, 05, 06 *Asia-Basket.com Lebanese League All-Defensive Team −04, 05 *Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Center of the Year −05 *Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Domestic Player of the Year −05 *Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League 1st Team −05 *Arab Club Championships −05 (Silver, Asia-Basket All-1st Team), 06 (Winner), 07 (Winner) *World Championships in Japan −06 *Asian Games in

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*Asia-Basket.com All-Arab Club Championships 2nd Team

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