Omar Hesham
{{short description|Egyptian basketball player}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Omar Hesham
| image =
| number = 4
| position = Shooting guard
| height_m = 1.87
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| league = Super League
Basketball Africa League
| team = Zamalek
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1995|3|29}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = Egyptian
| high_school =
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| years1 = 2013–present
| team1 = Zamalek
| highlights = *BAL champion (2021)
- 2× Egyptian League champion (2019, 2021)
}}
Omar Hesham Hussein{{cite web |title=Omar Hesham Hussein - Profile |url=https://twitter.com/OmarHeshHussein |website=Twitter |access-date=12 June 2021 }} ({{langx|ar|عمر هشام}}; born 29 March 1995) is an Egyptian basketball player for Zamalek. Standing at {{height|m=1.87}}, he plays as a shooting guard. He is also a member of the Egypt national basketball team.
Professional career
He has been playing for Zamalek SC since he was a child. Since 2013, Hesham is on the roster for Zamalek. He was also on the team in the 2021 BAL season, where the team won the first-ever BAL championship. In 2021, he won his second Egyptian Super League championship after 2019 championship.{{cite news |title=Zamalek complete dream double after beating Al-Ittihad to win Egypt's SuperLeague |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/zamalek-complete-dream-double-after-beating-alittihad-to-win-egypts-superleague |access-date=30 June 2021 |publisher=FIBA |date=30 June 2021 }}
National team career
Hesham played with the Egypt national basketball team roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers.{{cite web |title=Omar HUSSEIN (EGY) |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/player/Omar-Hussein |publisher=FIBA |access-date=24 June 2021 |language=en}} He also played with Egypt at FIBA AfroCan 2019, where he averaged 8.3 points over three games.{{cite web |title=Omar Hussein Basketball Player - Point Guard from Egypt |url=https://scoutbasketball.com/player/Omar-Hussein |website=scoutBasketball |access-date=24 June 2021}} In 2021, he is also on the roster for AfroBasket 2021.{{cite web |title=Omar HUSSEIN at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2021/player/Omar-Hussein |publisher=FIBA |access-date=26 August 2021 }}
BAL career statistics
{{BAL player statistics legend|champion=y}}
{{cite web |title=Omar Hussein Player Profile, Zamalek SC, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Omar-Hussein/Summary/174924 |website=RealGM |access-date=22 June 2021}}
{{BAL player statistics start}}
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|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2021†
|style="text-align:left;"|Zamalek
| 6 || 0 || 16.7 || .409 || .200 || .667 || 1.5 || .8 || .2 || .0 || 4.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 6 || 0 || 16.7 || .409 || .200 || .667 || 1.5 || .8 || .2 || .0 || 4.0
{{s-end}}
Honours
;Zamalek
- Basketball Africa League: 2021
- Egyptian Basketball Super League: 2018–19, 2020–21
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Omar-Hussein/Summary/174924 RealGM profile]
- [https://basketball.afrobasket.com/player/Omar-Hussein/Egypt/Al-Zamalek/469650 AfroBasket profile]
{{Zamalek basketball current roster}}
{{Zamalek 2021 BAL Champions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hesham, Omar}}
Category:Egyptian men's basketball players
Category:Zamalek SC basketball players