Ismail Ahmed Abdelmoneim


Ismail Ahmed Abdelmoneim is an Egyptian-Lebanese professional basketball player. He plays for Al Ittihad Alexandria Club. He was a main member of the Egypt national basketball team that participated in the FIBA Africa Championship 2001 in Casablanca in Morocco and in the FIBA Africa Championship 2003 that took place in Alexandria, Egypt.

Career

The story of "the Egyptian pharaoh" began in 1996 when he was 20 and his team Ittihad went to Lebanon to participate in the Arab Clubs Championship. He led the team to the championship beating Lebanese Sagesse Beirut.
The team traveled to a camp in Lebanon in 1997. The Wardia club Nadi Salim Samaha made an offer for him to join the team, which was supervised by Fouad Abu Shaqra.
He was loaned from Wardia to play with Sagesse Beirut in the Arab Club Championship in 1998. Ahmad played a historic role in the team title scoring 21 points. He was the second player with an Arab surname and the first with the Lebanese team.
After the Rosary, he played in 1999 under the leadership of the Egyptian coach Azmi Sharif before returning to Egypt to play with Ittihad. He then returned to Lebanon from Champville gate in 2002. The following season, 2003-2004, was one of the most beautiful in the history of Lebanese basketball.
On September 22, 2017 he signed with Homenetmen.

2002–2003 NBA Summer League

In the summer of 2002, Ahmad went to the United States to play for the Houston Rockets in the summer league and then the Miami Heat the following year.

National team

Playing for the Egyptian team he won the African Games three times.

Achievements

Egypt National Team
El Ittihad Alexandria
Sagesse Beirut
Al Riyadi Beirut
Champville SC
Homenetmen Beirut BC