No. 23–US Monastir | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | Championnat Pro A | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Sfax, Tunisia | July 16, 1991||||||||||||||
Nationality | Tunisian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2006–2013 | Sfax RS | ||||||||||||||
2013–2022 | US Monastir | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Smouha | ||||||||||||||
2023–present | US Monastir | ||||||||||||||
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Firas Lahyani (born 16 July 1991) is a Tunisian basketball player for US Monastir (basketball) and the Tunisian national team. [1] He is nicknamed "Air Tunisia", because of his athletic style of play and dunking abilities.
Lahyani started his career with Sfax RS.
In 2013, Lahyani signed with US Monastir. He won five consecutive national league titles with Monastir from 2019 to 2023. On 28 May, he scored a team-high 21 points on 6-9 shooting in the 2022 BAL Finals to help Monastir win its first-ever BAL championship. [2]
In August 2022, he joined Smouha of the Egyptian Basketball Super League, ending his 9-year tenure at Monastir. He returned to Monastir ahead of the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Lahyani participated with the Tunisia national team at the AfroBasket 2017. [3]
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 |
† | Won an BAL championship |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2021 | Monastir | 5 | 0 | 12.2 | .579 | .000 | .750 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
2022† | Monastir | 8 | 8 | 24.7 | .614 | .308 | .667 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
2023 | Monastir | 5 | 5 | 2.8 | .548 | .143 | .667 | 4.8 | 1.4 | .8 | .2 | 9.8 |
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