Khasim Mirza (born September 14, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the
GenSan Warriors of the
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines.
History
Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a semi-professional lea ...
(MPBL).
Born to an
India
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n father and a Filipina mother,
Oldest is shortest
Sporting Chance by Joaquin Henson, Philippine Star
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, August 29, 2010. Mirza played for the University of Santo Tomas
The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Miguel ...
Growling Tigers in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines
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for three seasons (2007
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to 2009
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). He then played for the Philippine Patriots
The AirAsia Philippine Patriots (originally known as the Philippine Patriots) were a professional basketball team that played in the ASEAN Basketball League. It was the first team from the Philippines to play in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) a ...
in the Asean Basketball League
The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...
from 2009 to 2010 before being drafted 16th overall in the second round of the 2010 PBA draft
The 2010 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event held at Market! Market! in Taguig on August 29, 2010 that allowed PBA teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. Players who applied for the draft went through a rooki ...
by PBA expansion team Meralco Bolts
The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team began in 2010 after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) acquired the PBA franchise of the Sta. Lucia Realtors. The team is one of three ...
.
References
External links
UST Growling Tigers Player Profiles
1986 births
Living people
Filipino men's basketball players
Filipino people of Indian descent
Philippine Patriots players
UST Growling Tigers basketball players
Small forwards
Meralco Bolts players
Air21 Express players
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League players
Meralco Bolts draft picks
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