Ali Mezher

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Ali Mezher
No. 25Beirut Club
Position Point guard
League Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1994-03-22) March 22, 1994 (age 29)
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2017 Hoops Club
2017–2018 Sagesse SC
2018–2019 Champville SC
2020–2023 Sagesse SC
2023-present Beirut Club
Medals
FIBA Asia Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Jakarta

Ali Mezher (born 22 March 1994 in Beirut) is a professional Lebanese professional basketball who plays for Beirut Club (basketball) in the Lebanese Basketball League.

In the 2016–2017 season, Ali played for Hoops Club and averaged 17.9 ppg, 8.1 assists, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.6 steals, then signed a contract with Sagesse Club for the 2017–2018 season. He joined Champville SC the following summer, but returned to Sagesse Club just a year later. Internationally, he represents the Lebanese national team, and he is a WABA (West Asian Basketball) champion from 2017. He graduated from the Lebanese Evangelical School for boys and girls L.E.S.

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