Ali Mahmoud

Ali Mahmoud (Arabic: علي محمود), sometimes nicknamed Ali Mack, is a Lebanese-Canadian professional basketball of the Lebanese Basketball League.

Ali Mahmoud
Personal information
Born (1983-05-28) May 28, 1983
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian / Lebanese
Listed height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
Playing career2003–present
PositionPoint guard
Number6
Career history
2003–2004Champville SC
2004–2016Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2016–2017Byblos Club
2017–2019Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2020–2023Dynamo Lebanon
Career highlights and awards
  • 11× Lebanese League Champion (2005–2016, 2019)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 TokushimaTeam

Career

Mahmoud was born on May 28, 1983, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Toufic and Gina Mahmoud, who had immigrated to Canada.[1]

He played with St. Patrick's High School Fighting Irish 1999 to 2002 and for one academic year, in 2002-2003, in University of Ottawa Gee-Gees. In 2003, Mahmoud was offered a professional contract by Champville SC, a Lebanese club in Division A. One year later, he moved to another Lebanese club Al Riyadi, where he stayed playing there until 2016. Afterwards, he joined Byblos Club for one year before returning to Al Riyadi.

Mahmoud is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship which took place in Japan and in 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. He is 1.83m and plays as a point guard (PG).

In the 2010 FIBA World Championship, he was the 2nd best stealer.

On January 23, 2013, it was noted in several publications, including FIBA.com, that he would be making his return to national team play and represent Lebanon in upcoming international tournaments.[2]

Clubs
  • 2002–2003: Ottawa CIS starting five
  • 2003–2004: Champville SC (Lebanon-Div.A, starting five): 6.8ppg, 3.7rpg, 2.9apg, 2.1spg
  • 2004–2005: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A): 25 games: 8.7ppg, 5.2rpg, 4.9apg, Steals-1(3.1spg), 2FGP: 58.0%, 3FGP: 37.0%
  • 2005–2006: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2006–2007: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Div.A): 18 games: 9.8ppg, 5.5rpg, 6.6apg, 2.9spg, 2FGP: 47.2%, 3PT: 32.7%, FT: 67.7%
  • 2007–2008: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A): 19 games: 9.6ppg, 6.2rpg, 4.3apg, 2.0spg, 2FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 37.8%, FT: 51.4%
  • 2008–2009: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, starting five): 23 games: 12.2ppg, 5.9rpg, Assists-1 (6.3apg), 2.0spg, 2FGP-3 (61.8%), 3PT: 30.1%, FT: 56.9%
  • 2009–2010: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, starting five)
  • 2010–2011: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2011–2012: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2012–2013: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2013–2014: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2015–2016: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)
  • 2016–2017: Byblos Club (Lebanon-Div.A,starting five)
  • 2017–2018: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, runner-up)
  • 2018–2019: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A, champion)
  • 2022-2023: Dyamo Beirut (Lebanon-Div.A)[3]

Awards and achievements

References
  1. "Article by Martin Cleary in Ottawa Citizen: Hoop dream comes full circle". Archived from the original on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  2. "Welcome back Ali 'Mr. No 1' Mahmoud | FIBA.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08.
  3. Eurobasket. "Ali Mahmoud Player Profile, Dynamo Lebanon, News, Stats - asia-basket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
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