Yasseen Ismail
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Yasseen Ismail Musa (born August 12, 1980 in Qatar
) is a professional basketball
player. He plays for Al-Rayyan of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team
.
Musa competed for the Qatar national basketball team
at the 2007
and FIBA Asia Championship 2009
. Previously he competed for the junior national team at the 1999 FIBA World Championship for Junior Men and 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men. At the 1999 tournament, he averaged a tournament-best 25 points per game, ahead of future NBA players Andrei Kirilenko
and Juan Carlos Navarro
and was the second leading rebounder with 12.4 rebounds per game.
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
) is a professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player. He plays for Al-Rayyan of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team
Qatar national basketball team
- Qatar:Head coach: Kent Davison- References :...
.
Musa competed for the Qatar national basketball team
Qatar national basketball team
- Qatar:Head coach: Kent Davison- References :...
at the 2007
FIBA Asia Championship 2007
The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is 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....
and FIBA Asia Championship 2009
FIBA Asia Championship 2009
The 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 in Tianjin, China....
. Previously he competed for the junior national team at the 1999 FIBA World Championship for Junior Men and 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men. At the 1999 tournament, he averaged a tournament-best 25 points per game, ahead of future NBA players Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko (basketball)
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko is a Russian-American professional basketball player who plays at the small forward position for the CSKA Moscow in the Russian Professional Basketball League. He also plays for the Russia national basketball team...
and Juan Carlos Navarro
Juan Carlos Navarro
For the professional basketball player, see Juan Carlos Navarro Juan Carlos Navarro is a Panamanian businessman, environmentalist, and politician and was the Mayor of Panama City, Panama until June 30, 2009....
and was the second leading rebounder with 12.4 rebounds per game.