Radhouane Slimane (born 16 August 1980) is a Tunisian

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player who plays for US Monastir of the

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. Standing at , Slimane mainly plays as

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. Born in

Kairouan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by th ...

, he started out his career playing six seasons with his hometown team

JS Kairouan Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise ( ar, الشبيبة الرياضية القيروانية) or JSK is a football club from Kairouan in Tunisia. Founded in 1942, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Hamda Laouani, whi ...

. Slimane then played in Portugal, the United Arab Emirates as well as other Arab countries. He spent significant time with

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before signing with US Monastir. He captained Monastir to their first

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ship in

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. Slimane played for the

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during his career, winning three AfroBasket tournaments in

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and

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Career

Slimane has played for several teams in his ten-year basketball career, including stops in

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, the

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, and his native

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. He is known for his rough, physical style of play. Slimane is a member of the

and made his most recent appearance at the

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. Prior to that, he competed at the

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before having a fallout with the Tunisian Federation. Shortly before the 2010 World Championship, he made amends with the Federation and joined the team in

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. In September 2020, Slimane signed a 2-year contract with US Monastir for a second stint with the team.

Awards and accomplishments

Club

;JS Kairouan *3×

: (2001, 2002, 2003) *2×

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: (2002, 2005) *Maghreb Championship: (2003) ;ES Sahel *Championnat National A: (2011) *2×

Arab Club Basketball Championship The Arab Club Championship is an annual basketball tournament for Arab teams. The competition is organised by the Arab Basketball Confederation (ABC). Each season is typically held in October and is held in one venue. The tournament typically featu ...

: (2015, 2016) *2× Tunisian Cup: (2011, 2016) ;US Monastir *

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: (

) *4× Championnat National A: (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) *3× Tunisian Cup: (2020, 2021, 2022)

National team

;Tunisia * AfroBasket: Gold medal in

Individual

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: (

) *

Final MVP: (2022) *

Best Forward of the Season: (2019)

BAL career statistics

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Slimane, Radhouane Tunisian men's basketball players 1980 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics AS Salé (basketball) players Olympic basketball players of Tunisia Forwards (basketball) Tunisian expatriate basketball people in Portugal Tunisian expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate basketball people in the United Arab Emirates Étoile Sportive du Sahel basketball players People from Kairouan 2010 FIBA World Championship players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Sharjah SC basketball players US Monastir basketball players 21st-century Tunisian people