Mokhtar Ghyaza

Mokhtar Ghyaza (born 15 November 1986) is a Tunisian basketball player who currently plays for US Monastir of the Championnat National A and the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Mokhtar Ghyaza
No. 28 US Monastir
PositionCenter
LeagueChampionnat National A
Basketball Africa League
Personal information
Born (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986
Sfax, Tunisia
NationalityTunisia
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight233 lb (106 kg)
Career information
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2013ES Radès
2013–2014Al-Khor SC
2014Club Africain
2014–2015AS FAR
2015–2017Club Africain
2017–2019ES Radès
2019–presentUS Monastir
2021→Ezzahra Sports
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Tunisia
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place2017 Tunisia/Senegal
Gold medal – first place2021 Rwanda
Bronze medal – third place2009 Libya

Professional career

Ghyaza has played pro club basketball with ES Radès and Club Africain in the Tunisian Basketball League.[1]

In the offseason of 2019, Ghyaza signed with US Monastir. After winning the 2020 championship, he made his debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with the team. Monastir reached the finals. On 10 September 2021, he re-signed for another season.[2] On 28 May 2022, he won the club's first-ever BAL championship with Monastir.[3]

Tunisian national basketball team

Ghyaza was a member of the senior men's Tunisia national basketball team that finished third at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, to qualify for the country's first FIBA World Championship. Ghyaza averaged 5.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, off the bench, for the Tunisians during the tournament.[4] He pulled down a team-leading five rebounds for the Tunisians in a bronze medal victory over Cameroon, that sent the team to the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[5]

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 Monastir 6014.0.444.8182.8.72.0.74.2
2022 Monastir 8016.8.667.7144.6.91.1.66.3

References

  1. African Nations Championship - Tunisia Squad
  2. Addasi, Abdul Hamid (13 September 2021). "US Monastir keeps Ghyaza for another season". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. Mokhtar Ghyaza Profile Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  5. "Tunisia vs. Cameroon box score". Archived from the original on 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
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