Elie Rustom
{{Short description|Lebanese basketball player (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image =
| caption = Elie Rustom (Red) facing Andy Rautins and Jermaine Bucknor in 2010 FIBA World Championship
| nicknames =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb =
| weight_kg =
| league = Lebanese Basketball League
| team = Sagesse SC
| number = 9
| nationality = Lebanese
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| career_start = 2004
| years1 = 2004–2007
| team1 = Blue Stars
| years2 = 2007–2012
| team2 = Mouttahed
| years3 = 2012–2016
| team3 = Sagesse
| years4 = 2016–2017
| team4 = Mouttahed
| years5 = 2017–2018
| team5 = Champville
| years6 = 2018–2019
| team6 = Homenetmen
| years7 = 2019–2020
| team7 = Beirut Club
| years8 = 2020–2022
| team8 = Champville
| years9 = 2022–2023
| team9 = Beirut Club
| years10 = 2023
| team10 = Dynamo Lebanon
| years11 = 2024
| team11 = Champville
| years12 = 2025
| team12 = Al Nasr
| years13 = 2025-present
| team13 = Sagesse Club
}}
Elie Rustom ({{Langx|ar|ندي نعيمه}}; born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese basketball player for the Sagesse Club (Not official) of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He previously played with Blue Stars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/elie%20rustom.html|title=Elie Rustom}}
Basketball career
Rustom started to play basketball with Blue Stars youth team. He played two years for the youth team. In 2007 he signed with Al Mouttahed Tripoli.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2009 Rustom was called for the national team and participated in the 2009 William Jones Cup but was not called up to the final squad.[http://sawte.com/vb/sports-center/3651-william-jones-cup.html William Jones Cup] {{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In 2010 he was also called by the national team. He played in 2010 William Jones Cup{{Cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/William-Jones-Cup/basketball.aspx?NewsID=196156|title = William Jones Cup Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket}} and FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010.[http://beirut2010.fibaasia.net/Team_Details.aspx?id=25 Team Details] He was in the starting 5 in all Lebanon's games in FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 and also the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He was in the starting 5 for Mouttahed during the 2011 final four under coach Paul Caughter.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Apr/20/Champville-take-Game-1-of-Final-Four-against-Mouttahed.ashx#axzz1KkSot3S0 |title=Lebanon Daily Star |access-date=27 April 2011 |archive-date=7 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007005618/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Apr/20/Champville-take-Game-1-of-Final-Four-against-Mouttahed.ashx#axzz1KkSot3S0 |url-status=dead }}
In 2011 he was called to the national team but he was injured during the preparations for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship and could not make it to the final squad.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2012 Rustom signed for Lebanese Sagesse.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2016 he returned to his boyhood club Mouttahed, after spending four years with the Sagesse.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2017 he signed with Champville.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2018 Rustom sign with the defending champions Homenetmen.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2022, Rustom signed with defending champions Beirut Club.{{cite web |title=Rustom comes back to Beirut Club |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/news/753615/Rustom-comes-back-to-Beirut-Club |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=4 January 2025 |date=29 June 2022}}
In January 2025, Rustom signed with the Al Nasr of the UAE National Basketball League.{{cite web |title=Elias Rustom (ex Champville) agreed terms with Al Naser |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/news/910033/Elias-Rustom-ex-Champville-agreed-terms-with-Al-Naser |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=4 January 2025 |date=2 January 2025}}
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Category:Lebanese men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Beirut
Category:2010 FIBA World Championship players
Category:Sagesse SC (basketball) players
Category:21st-century Lebanese sportsmen
Category:Al Mouttahed Tripoli players