Muhaymin Mustafa (born 10 October 1999) is a Sudanese-Turkish professional

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player for Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the

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(BSL).

Early life

Muhaymin Mustafa was born in

North Nicosia North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia ( tr, Kuzey Lefkoşa ; el, Βόρεια Λευκωσία) is the capital and largest city of the ''de facto'' state of Northern Cyprus. It is the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia, and is governed by ...

to Sudanese parents who moved to Cyprus for higher education. Muhaymin grew up in

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. He excelled in track and field as well as basketball where he won the national championship in both long jump and high jump events in primary school. He was scouted by

Anadolu Efes Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...

along with his brother and both of them moved to

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to join Anadolu Efes when Muhaymin was 10.

Professional career

Mustafa made his professional debut with Pertevniyal in

Turkish Basketball First League The Turkish Basketball First League, also called TBL, is the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously known as Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L). Format and promotion and relegation The ...

(TBL) during the 2015-2016 season. Pertevniyal's long term agreement as a feeder club to Efes was concluded after that season, resulting Anadolu Efes fielding a B team, Anadolu Efes Gelişim to the Regional League. He moved to this team while playing for the firsts in friendly games occasionally. Mustafa was also named to the training camp roster of Anadolu Efes which was held in Slovenia in 2016. Mustafa made his

(BSL) debut on 8 October 2017, two days before his 18th birthday against Pınar Karşıyaka. He recorded 8 points against

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on 25 December 2017 as his personal record in BSL. He made his EuroLeague debut on 29 December 2017 against

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. On 9 January 2018, Mustafa signed a two-way contract with the TBL team İstanbulspor Beylikdüzü allowing him to play both İstanbulspor and Anadolu Efes in a move intended to maximise his playing time. On 23 February 2018, he received his first start in a EuroLeague game against Zalgiris Kaunas. He started as a

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, finishing the game with four points and an assist.

Ionikos Nikaias (2020–2022)

Mustafa moved to the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

for the 2020-2021 season, averaging 4.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.2 steals with

Ionikos Nikaias Ionikos Nikaias (full name Athlitikos Omilos Ionikos Nikaias, A.O. Ionikos Nikaias / el, Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νικαίας) is a Greek multi-sports club that is based in Nikaia, Piraeus. It was founded in 1965, and it has teams in football, b ...

. On 12 September 2021 he renewed his contract with the Greek club for another two years. During the 2021-22 campaign, in a total of 20 games, he averaged 8.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists, playing around 24 minutes per contest.

Galatasaray Ekmas (2022–2023)

On June 25, 2022, Mustafa signed with Galatasaray Ekmas of the

(BSL).

Galatasaray Ekmas (2023–present)

On December 6, 2023, he signed with Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the

(BSL).

International career

Mustafa has chosen to represent

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on the international level. He played for the under 16, under 17 and the under 18 national teams. He received the bronze medal in 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the silver medal in

2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship The 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Spanish: 2016 FIBA Campeonato Mundial Sub-17) was the 4th edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national team ...

. He also represented Turkey in

2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 34th edition of the FIBA U18 European Championship. The competition took place in Bratislava and Piešťany, Slovakia, from 29 July to 6 August 2017. Venues Participating teams * * * * * * * ...

, finishing in fourth-place. Mustafa was called up to the national B team for their training camp in August 2021.

References

External links

TBLStat.net ProfileEuroLeague Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mustafa, Muhaymin 1999 births Living people Anadolu Efes S.K. players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket players People from Kyrenia Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from North Nicosia Tofaş S.K. players Turkish Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Turkish men's basketball players Turkish people of Sudanese descent