Hagar Amer

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Hagar Amer
No. 14–Alexandria Sporting Club
PositionPower forward [1]
Personal information
Born10 November 1993 [2]
Listed height6 ft 1 [3]  in (1.85 m)
Career information
College Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Hagar Amer (born 10 November 1993) is a professional Egyptian basketball player and captain for Alexandria Sporting Club (ASC). [4] [5] [6] She was named the MVP at the 2022 FIBA Africa Champions Cup. [7]

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Career

Amer started playing basketball at the age of four at Alexandria Sporting Club. [8]

As a lecturer

Amer works as an assistant lecturer at the Industrial Engineering Department of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. [9]

As a basketball player

Amer helped Egypt to second place at the 2009 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women held in Bamako, Mali. In 2011, she participated at FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup where she averaged 19.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. [10]

She made her first appearance at the Women's AfroBasket held in Maputo in 2013, where she helped Egypt to an eight-place finish.

In 2022, she helped ASC to win the 2022 FIBA Africa Champions Cup Women in Maputo, Mozambique, also named the MVP of the tournament where she averaged 15 points and rebounds in six games. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Al Ahly, Sporting look to end Ferroviario de Maputo, InterClube dominance". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Hagar AMER at the FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League 2023". FIBA.basketball. 10 Nov 1993. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Players to watch out for in inaugural AWBL". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Players share excitement messages ahead of ABWL debut". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Who are the players making waves in the 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  6. ↑ Sports, Pulse (2023-12-20). "KPA make history with silver in Africa Women's Basketball League". Pulse Sports Uganda. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Results". Red Bull. 16 Sep 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  8. ↑ The African Mirror (20 Jan 2023). "Africa Champions Cup MVP, Hagar Amer, shares her journey to basketball success". The African Mirror - For Africa - Always. Retrieved 28 Apr 2024.
  9. ↑ "IME congratulates Eng. Hager Amer for winning the African Championship". AASTMT-NEWS. 18 Mar 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "MVP Hagar Amer highlights 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women All-Star Team". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Sporting Alexandria crowned 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women winners". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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