Nizar Knioua
{{short description|Tunisian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Nizar Knioua
| image =
| caption =
| position = Guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 182
| nationality = Tunisia
| league = TBL
| team = ES Radès
| number = 39
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|8}}
| birth_place = Nabeul, Tunisia
| career_start = 2002
| career_end =
| years1 = 2002–2013
| team1 = Stade Nabeulien
| years2 = 2013–2016
| team2 = Club Africain
| years3 = 2016–2018
| team3 = Étoile Sportive du Sahel
| years4 = 2017
| team4 = →US Monastir
| years5 = 2018–2019
| team5 = Stade Nabeulien
| years6 = 2018
| team6 = →ES Radès
| years7 = 2019–2021
| team7 = Club Africain
| years8 = 2021
| team8 = Ezzahra Sports
| years9 = 2021–2022
| team9 = Stade Nabeulien
| years10 = 2022–present
| team10 = ES Radès
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|TUN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|AfroBasket}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Tunisia/Senegal|}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Libya|}}
}}
Nizar Knioua (born June 8, 1983) is a Tunisian professional basketball player.
Pro career
Knioua has played pro club basketball with Stade Nabeulien and Club Africain in the Tunisian Basketball League.[http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1048 African Nations Championship - Tunisia Squad]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Tunisian national team
Knioua was a member of the senior men's Tunisian national basketball team that finished third at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, to qualify for the country's first FIBA World Championship. Providing depth off the bench, Knioua scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, while playing in eight games for the Tunisians during the tournament.[http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/60269/sid/6599/tid/375/profile.html Nizar Knioua Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813142943/http://www.libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/60269/sid/6599/tid/375/profile.html |date=2009-08-13 }} at FIBA.com He has also competed for the Tunisians in the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/60269/sid/6599/tid/375/profile.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813142943/http://www.libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/60269/sid/6599/tid/375/profile.html |archive-date=2009-08-13 |url-status=dead }}
References
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{{Tunisia squad FIBA Africa Championship 2009}}
{{Tunisia squad FIBA AfroBasket 2015}}
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Category:Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic basketball players for Tunisia
Category:Stade Nabeulien basketball players
Category:Tunisian men's basketball players
Category:Étoile Sportive du Sahel basketball players
Category:2010 FIBA World Championship players
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Category:Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games