Rodrigue Akl
{{Short description|Lebanese basketball player (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Rodrigue Akl
| image =
| image_size = 260px
| caption = Akl with the Lebanese National Team
| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 180
| league = Lebanese Basketball League
| team = Sagesse SC
| number = 11
| nationality = Lebanese
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|9|30}}
| birth_place = Matn District, Lebanon
| career_start = 2006
| career_end =
| years1 = 2006–2009
| team1 = Blue Stars
| years2 = 2009–2010
| team2 = Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
| years3 = 2010–2012
| team3 = Anibal Zahle
| years4 = 2012–2016
| team4 = Hekmeh BC
| years5 = 2016
| team5 = NLEX Road Warriors
| years6 = 2016–2020
| team6 = Byblos Club
| years7 = 2020–2023
| team7 = Beirut Club
| years8 = 2023–present
| team8 = Sagesse SC
| highlights =
}}
Rodrigue Akl (born 30 September 1988) is a Lebanese basketball player for Sagesse SC of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is a six-foot-one-inch tall point guard,[http://www.basketpedya.com/player/Rodrique-Akl/56289 Profile]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at basketpedya.com and is generally regarded as one of the best players of Lebanon at his position.
Club career
Akl started playing basketball when he was eight years old, playing for Champville SC's youth teams. Akl then made his professional debut when he played for Blue Stars and later signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut for one season and then moved to Anibal Zahle. Akl signed officially with Hekmeh BC in May 2012 for a 4-year contract.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In June 2016, Akl signed with NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association as the team's Asian import for the 2016 PBA Governors' Cup.[http://www.asia-basket.com/Philippines/news/449200/NLEX-Road-Warriors-ink-Rodrigue-Akl,-ex-Sagesse NLEX Road Warriors ink Rodrigue Akl, ex Sagesse]
International career
Akl is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He competed with the junior national team at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2007.[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120802181358/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/eid/4046/pid/61905/sid/7038/tid/317/profile.html Profile] at FIBA.com He was called up to the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120322152034/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/61905/sid/7038/tid/317/_/2009_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html FIBA Archive]
References
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External links
- {{Facebook|rodrigue.akl}}
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Category:Lebanese men's basketball players
Category:21st-century Lebanese sportsmen
Category:NLEX Road Warriors players
Category:Philippine Basketball Association imports
Category:2010 FIBA World Championship players
Category:Lebanese expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
Category:Sagesse SC (basketball) players
Category:Al Riyadi Club Beirut basketball players
Category:Anibal Zahle basketball players
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