Yasseen Ismail

Yasseen Ismail Musa (born August 12, 1980) is a professional basketball player. He plays for Al-Rayyan of the Qatari Basketball League. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.

Yasseen Ismail Musa
Musa in 2012
Al-Rayyan
PositionForward
LeagueQatari Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1980-08-12) August 12, 1980
Qatar[1]
NationalityQatari
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Medals
Representing  Qatar
Men's basketball
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Men's 3x3 basketball
World championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow Team
Asian championships
Gold medal – first place2013 DohaTeam

Musa competed for the Qatar national basketball team at the 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[2] 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.[3]

Musa announced his international retirement after Qatar's sixth-placed finish at the FIBA Asia Championship in Manila, The Philippines. However, he is set to continue at this club Al Rayyan for at least two more seasons.[4] In 2014 he was part of the Qatari team that won the FIBA 3x3 World Championships.[5]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yasseen Musa.
  1. "Future tense". dohastadiumplusqatar.com. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. Yasseen MUSA (QAT). China2009.fiba.com. Retrieved on 2016-06-18.
  3. Yasseen Musa. Archive.fiba.com. Retrieved on 2016-06-18.
  4. Doha dunker calls it quits | Doha Stadium Plus. Dohastadiumplusqatar.com (2013-08-21). Retrieved on 2016-06-18.
  5. Musa Yaseen. russia2014.fiba.com
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