No. 28 – US Monastir | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||
League | Championnat National A Basketball Africa League | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sfax, Tunisia | 15 November 1986||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 233 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2013 | ES Radès | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Al-Khor SC | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | →Club Africain | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | AS FAR | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Club Africain | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | ES Radès | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | US Monastir | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | →Ezzahra Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
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
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 |
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2021 | Monastir | 6 | 0 | 14.0 | .444 | – | .818 | 2.8 | .7 | 2.0 | .7 | 4.2 |
2022† | Monastir | 8 | 0 | 16.8 | .667 | – | .714 | 4.6 | .9 | 1.1 | .6 | 6.3 |
References
- ↑ African Nations Championship - Tunisia Squad
- ↑ Addasi, Abdul Hamid (13 September 2021). "US Monastir keeps Ghyaza for another season". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Mokhtar Ghyaza Profile Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
- ↑ "Tunisia vs. Cameroon box score". Archived from the original on 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-01.