Nassir Abo-Jalas (born June 11, 1994) is a Saudi Arabian professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player. He currently plays for
Uhud Medina of the
Saudi Premier League
The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...
.
He represented
Saudi Arabia's national basketball team at the 2017
Arab Nations Basketball Championship in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
. There, he was his team's top scorer.
Further, he represented
Saudi Arabia's national 3x3 team at the
2013 FIBA Asia 3x3 Championship in
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the count ...
,
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...
, where he led his team to win the silver medal.
Saudi Arabia Line-Up: FIBA Asia 2013 Championship (Team Roster Preview)
Ed Umbao, ''Philippine News'', 31 July 2013. Accessed 22 April 2017.
References
External links
Asia-basket.com Profile
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1994 births
Living people
Forwards (basketball)
Saudi Arabian men's basketball players
People from Medina
20th-century Saudi Arabian people
21st-century Saudi Arabian people