Amir Fanan (born October 28, 1980) is an Egyptian basketball player currently playing for El-Ittihad El-Iskandary of the Egyptian Super League. [1] He is a member of the Egypt national basketball team.
Fanan participated with the Egypt national basketball team at the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championship. [2] Fanan averaged 13.6 points per game and was the leading scorer on the 2009 Egypt team that finished a disappointing tenth place; this was Egypt's worst ever finish in 19 appearances at the tournament and had some fans calling for a complete dismantling of the team. [3] He also competed for Egypt at the 2001 World Championship for Young Men and the 1999 World Championship for Junior Men. [4]
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(Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ የቅርጫት ኳስ ማህበር)