Ali Kanaan
{{short description|Lebanese Canadian basketball player}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}Ali Kanaan (born 12 December 1985 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese Canadian basketball player currently playing for Byblos and the Lebanon national basketball team.
Early life and education
Born to Anis Kanaan and Amira El-Fares of Beirut, Lebanon, Kanaan immigrated to Canada. He played in Vanier College (Ville Saint Laurent, Quebec) and College Montmorency (Laval, Quebec). He played in the NCAA for 4 years with the University of Massachusetts Lowell.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goriverhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kanaan_ali00.html|title=Biography of Ali Kanaan UMass Riverhawks site|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826040423/http://www.goriverhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kanaan_ali00.html|archive-date=26 August 2009|access-date=9 May 2010}}
Career
=Early career (Highschool and College)=
He played four years at Georges-Vanier high school in the Province of Quebec, Canada.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Ali played for the University of Massachusetts Lowell.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goriverhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kanaan_ali00.html |title=Biography of Ali Kanaan UMass Riverhawks site |access-date=9 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826040423/http://www.goriverhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kanaan_ali00.html |archive-date=26 August 2009 |url-status=dead }} for four years, a Division II school who is in the Northeast 10 conference. He played his first year for them during the 2006–2007 season where he averaged 3.8 points and 4.0 rebounds a game during his freshman season.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
=Pro career=
In 2010 after the 2010 FIBA World Championship and after graduating from college Ali became pro and he signed with Lebanese Riyadi in the Lebanese Basketball League due to A list Ali was loaned to Antranik SC in exchange of Charbel El Sokn.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
=National team=
Kanaan became a member of the Lebanon national basketball team, with whom he debuted with at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/79150/sid/7038/tid/317/profile.html |title=Ali Kanaan profile on FIBA site |access-date=30 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819021953/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/79150/sid/7038/tid/317/profile.html |archive-date=19 August 2009 |url-status=dead }} At the tournament, he averaged 2.2 points and 3.2 rebounds for the fourth-placed Lebanese team.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090826040423/http://www.goriverhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kanaan_ali00.html Ali Kanan page on UMass River Hawks site]
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Category:Lebanese men's basketball players
Category:University of Massachusetts Lowell alumni
Category:Lebanese emigrants to Canada
Category:2010 FIBA World Championship players
Category:Al Riyadi Club Beirut basketball players
Category:Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
Category:UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Beirut
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