Zaid Alkhas (born March 7, 1976 in Jordan) is a retired Jordanian

Circassia Circassia (; also known as Cherkessia in some sources; ady, Адыгэ Хэку, Адыгей, lit=, translit=Adıgə Xəku, Adıgey; ; ota, چرکسستان, Çerkezistan; ) was a country and a historical region in the along the northeast ...

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player. He started his career with Al Ahli club of Jordan. He played professionally in Lebanon 2001/2002 season with (Tadamon Club). 2002/2003 in Egypt (Gazira). He played for Aramex Jordan (2003-2006). Zain Jordan (2006-2009) in the JBL (Jordan Basketball League). He played for the Chinese basketball club

Qingdao DoubleStar The Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Eagle Club, also known as Qingdao Daily Fresh or Qingdao Eagles are a Chinese professional basketball team which is based in Qingdao, Shandong. The club plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association ...

in the CBA 2010/2011. He was a member and also the captain of the

Jordan national basketball team The Jordan national basketball team is the official basketball team of Jordan in international competitions. The Jordanian team achievements in recent years beside qualifying to World Cup for two times (2010 and 2019), won the William Jones Cup ...

from 1997-2011. He was awarded the Top Scorer in Asia championship Harbin China 2003 (23.5 pts per game). Best Arab player in 2006. Best power forward in Asia 2006. William Jones Cup 2008 MVP he announced his international retirement in 2011 after the end of 2011 Wuhan crowned with the silver medal as the best achievement for the Jordanian basketball in Asian tournaments. He is currently the assistant coach for the Jordan national basketball team 2019 that made it to the FIBA World Cup in China 2019 FIBAWC. He is the only Basketball player from Jordan to ever make it to 3 Basketball World Cups: the 1995 World Cup under 18 in Greece, the 2010 World Cup in Turkey and the 2019 World Cup in China (as coach).

Career

AlKhas competed with the Jordanian team at the

2003 ABC Championship The 2003 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The tournament was held in Harbin, China from September 23 to October 1, 2003. ...

FIBA Asia Championship 2007 The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007. Participati ...

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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 Asia championship 2011. Previously, he competed with the team at the 1995 World Championship for Junior Men, averaging 14.4 points and 10 rebounds per game. From 1998 to 2000, Al-Khas competed collegiately at Gannon university in Erie, Pennsylvania, In 2009, Al-Khas helped the Jordanian team to a national best third-place finish and a qualification to the World Cup 2010 for the first time in Jordan history. 2011 he helped team Jordan win the silver medal in Asia cup 2011 as the best finish in the country history in Basketball. He retired internationally from the national team of Jordan right after that tournament. He is the only Basketball player from Asia to take part in 7 Asian Cup tournaments from (1995-2011)

References

1976 births Living people Gannon Golden Knights men's basketball players Jordanian men's basketball players Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games Centers (basketball) Power forwards (basketball) 2010 FIBA World Championship players Asian Games competitors for Jordan Buffalo Bulls men's basketball players {{Jordan-basketball-bio-stub http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/22245/sid/4728/tid/310/tid2//_/2010_FIBA_World_Championship/index.html