Atef Maoua is a Tunisian

Demographics of Tunisia

The majority of modern Tunisians are Arab-Berber orArabized Berber, and are speakers of Tunisian Arabic. However, there is also a small population of Berbers located in the Jabal Dahar mountains in the South East and on the island of Jerba...

 basketball player. He currently plays for J.S. Kairouan in the Tunisian Basketball League. He is a six-foot-six-inch, 218 pound guard-forward.

Maoua is also a long-time member of the Tunisia national basketball team

Tunisia national basketball team

Tunisia national basketball team is the national basketball team of Tunisia. To date, they have 18 appearances at the FIBA Africa Championship, ranking them behind only traditional African powers Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, and Egypt in total appearances. In 2011 they won their first ever FIBA Africa...

. He made his debut for the national team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2005

FIBA Africa Championship 2005

The FIBA Africa Championship 2005 was hosted by Algeria from August 15 to August 24, 2005. The games were played in Algiers. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to Africa for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan...

 and has since played for the team at both the FIBA Africa Championship 2007

FIBA Africa Championship 2007

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 and FIBA Africa Championship 2009

FIBA Africa Championship 2009

The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...

. He averaged 9.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for the Tunisian side at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship to help the team to the bronze medal and its first ever trip to the FIBA World Championship

2010 FIBA World Championship

The 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...

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