Fadi El Khatib

Fadi El Khatib (Arabic: فادي الخطيب‎; born January 1, 1979),[1] nicknamed the Lebanese Tiger,[2] is a Lebanese professional basketball player for Champville SC[3] in the Lebanese Basketball League. He is regarded as one of the best in Asia and by many pundits of the new era named as the greatest one . He was also a main member of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis in the United States, the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan, and in the 2010 FIBA World Championship held in Turkey.

Fadi El Khatib
فادي الخطيب
No. 15 – Champville SC
PositionSmall forward
LeagueLebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1979-12-18) December 18, 1979
Shheem, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
Listed height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight221 lb (100 kg)
Career information
Playing career1997–present
Career history
1997–2004Club Sagesse
2004–2005Al-Ittihad SC
2005–2006Club Sagesse
2006–2007Blue Stars
2007–2008Cherkaski Mavpy
2008–2009Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2009–2010Champville SC
2010–2011Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2011–2013Champville SC
2013–2014Amchit Club
2014–2015Foshan Long Lions
2015Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2015–2016Fujian Sturgeons
2016–2017Homenetmen Beirut
2017–presentChampville SC
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship
2001 ShanghaiTeam
2005 DohaTeam
2007 TokushimaTeam
William Jones Cup
2009 TaipeiTeam
FIBA Asia Challenge
2010 BeirutTeam
WABA Championship
2017 AmmanTeam

Professional career

By 1997, Khatib joined Sagesse Beirut, signing a three-year contract; which was renewed by 7 more years. During his time alongside veteran Elie Mechantaf and Sagesse financing tycoon Antoine Choueiri, El Khatib would go on to win 7 Lebanese Basketball Cups, two Arab Club Basketball Championship, and three FIBA Asia Champions Cup titles with Sagesse. El Khatib would then be transferred to Sagesse rivals Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, in which he helped the team to achieve their first ever FIBA Asia Champions Cup in 2011 and thereafter the Lebanese Basketball League title in the 2014/2015 season against Byblos Club. He also played with Champville Club and helped them to grab the Lebanese basketball title in 2012. On November 10, 2016 Fadi El Khatib official signed with Homenetmen Beirut Basketball Club. In 2017, El Khatib started playing for Champville SC.[4]

National team

El Khatib started playing with the Lebanese national basketball team in 1999. He helped Lebanon qualify for their first ever FIBA Asia Championship that same year, whereby Lebanon ended up in 7th place. In the 2001, 2005 and 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, El Khatib helped Lebanon reach second place and fourth place in 2003 and 2009. Lebanon would qualify to three World Championship with Fadi El Khatib taking part. Khatib led Lebanon in their hopes of qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics via the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament; however, following a pre-tournament injury to Joe Vogel, Khatib conceded that Lebanon did not have the "slightest possibility of winning" against host Greece. In the period of time he spent with the national team, Khatib was rated as one of the top 10 highest scorers in the two world championships Lebanon had competed in including 10th in 2002, 8th in 2006 and top 20 in 2010 coming in at 11th. He retired from the national team in 2017.

Awards and achievements

References
  1. "Fadi El-Khatib, Lebanon". Player Profiles. Interbasket. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. "'Lebanese Tiger' El Khatib cites the good, and bad from the win over Korea". fiba.basketball. 9 August 2017.
  3. "Champville Rosters - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  4. "الشانفيل يرفض عرضي الحكمة والهومنتمن بشأن الخطيب". Kooora (in Arabic). 31 May 2019.
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