Omar Abada (Arabic: عمر عبادة, born 20 April 1993) is a Tunisian professional basketball player who plays for Al Ahly since 2023. Abada also plays for the Tunisia national basketball team.
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Africa League | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 April 1993 Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Tunisian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2018 | Étoile de Radès | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Saint-Chamond | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | US Monastir | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al Wahda Damascus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-2024 | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-present | Club africain | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Tunis, he started his career in 2010 with Étoile de Radès where he stayed for eight seasons. In 2018, Abada played a year in France for Saint-Chamond. A year later, he returned to Tunisia to play for US Monastir.
With Tunisia, he has won the AfroBasket tournament in 2017 and 2021, while being named to the All-Tournament Team in 2021.
Professional career
editAbada started his career with Étoile de Radès in the Tunisian Championnat National A and helped the team win two national championships. In the 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup he was named to the All-Star Team.
In the 2018–19 season, Abada played one season in France for Saint-Chamond of the LNB Pro B, the national second tier.[1]
In 2019, he returned to Tunisia to play for US Monastir. He played in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with Monastir and helped his team reach the Finals. After the tournament, he was named to the All-BAL First Team.[2]
On January 16, 2022, Abada was announced by Zamalek to be on the roster for the 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[3] However, he never joined the team or played in any game.
In April 2022, Abada joined the Syrian club Al Wahda Damascus of the Syrian Basketball League. [4]
In May 2023, Abada signed for ABC Fighters to play in the 2023 BAL Playoffs.[5] In the quarter-finals, he scored 21 points against Petro de Luanda but could not save the Fighters from being eliminated after a narrow 88–86 defeat.
National team career
editAbada has represented Tunisia's national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship in Radès, Tunisia. There, he recorded his team's best two point field goal percentage.[7] At AfroBasket 2017 and AfroBasket 2021, he won gold.
BAL career statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2021 | Monastir | 6 | 6 | 27.6 | .400 | .312 | .708 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 2.0 | .3 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | ABC Fighters | 1 | 1 | 32.4 | .538 | .000 | .875 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | .0 | 21.0 |
Awards and accomplishments
editClub
edit- US Monastir
- 2× Championnat National A: (2020, 2021)
- 2× Tunisian Cup: (2020, 2021)
- ES Radès
- 2× Championnat National A: (2020, 2021)
- 2× Tunisian Cup: (2017, 2018)
Individual
edit- All-BAL First Team: (2021)
- 2× Tunisian Cup Final MVP: (2020, 2021)
- FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup All-Star Team: (2017)
- 3× Championnat National A Best Guard: (2017, 2018, 2020)
- Championnat National A Best Tunisian Player: (2017)
References
edit- ^ "Basket - Pro B. Omar Abada, le pari de Saint-Chamond". Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "The BAL". Twitter. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "محترفين الزمالك في بطولة العالم للأندية في كرة السلة". Zamalek Sports Hall. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Al Wahda tabs Omar Abada". Afrobasket.com. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Playoffs rosters confirmed – Who are the new signings heading to Kigali?". The BAL. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Addasi, Abdul Hamid (11 August 2023). "Omar Abada (ex ABC) is newcomer at Al Ahly for the Arab Tournament". Afrobasket. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ 2015 FIBA Africa Championship – Omar Abada's profile, FIBA.com, accessed 11 Feb 2016.