Talal Salem Alnuaimi (born September 26, 1988 in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

) is a

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player. He is a member of the

United Arab Emirates national basketball team The United Arab Emirates men's national basketball team ( ar, منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة السلة) represents the United Arab Emirates in international basketball. They are controlled by the United Arab ...

. Al-Nuaimi competed for the

for the first time at the

FIBA Asia Championship 2009 The 2009 in sports, 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 i ...

.FIBA Player Profile
/ref> Despite being only 20 years old at the tournament, he averaged 10.8 points per game and led the team in minutes per game in helping the UAE to a 12th-place finish, their best showing since 2001.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nuaimi, Talal 1988 births Living people Emirati men's basketball players Sportspeople from Dubai Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games Point guards Shooting guards Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates