Marc Ghafari

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Mark Ghafari
No. 14Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Position Shooting guard
League Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born Grosse Pointe Shores, United States
Listed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
Playing career2014–2015
Career history
2014–2015 Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut

Mark Ghafari (born December 10, 1991 in Grosse Pointe, MI) is a Lebanese American professional basketball player who previously played for Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut in the Lebanese Basketball League.

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Professional career

He started his professional career in 2014 after he played a season for Kalamazoo College in the NCAA Division 3 Tournament. Earlier in 2013, Ghafari travelled to Lebanon to perform a medical for Al Riyadi whereupon he was signed for three years.[ citation needed ]

He has since retired from professional basketball and now lives in Michigan.[ citation needed ]

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