Marouan Kechrid

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Marouan Kechrid
Personal information
Born (1981-06-02) 2 June 1981 (age 41)
Dreux, France
NationalityTunisian / France
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
Playing career2002–2019
Position Guard
Coaching career2021–present
Career history
As player:
2001–2005 JS Kairouan
2005–2006 Ittihad Tanger
2006–2008JS Kairouan
2008–2010Ittihad Tanger
2010–2011 ES Sahel
2011–2012 Maghreb de Fes
2012–2013 Club Africain
2013–2014 US Monastir
2014–2018 ES Radès
2018–2019JS Kairouan
As coach:
2021–2022 US Monastir (assistant)
2022US Monastir
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
African Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Libya Tunisia
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Madagascar Tunisia

Marouan Kechrid (born 2 June 1981) is a Tunisian-French former basketball player and current coach. After starting his career with JS Kairouan, Kechrid played the majority of his career in Tunisia and won five CNA championships over an eighteen-year span. [1] [2] He also played for Ittihad Tanger and Maghreb de Fes in the Moroccan Division Excellence.

Kechrid was a member of the Tunisia national basketball team that finished third at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship to qualify for the country's first FIBA World Championship. Kechrid averaged 9.8 PPG and 1.9 RPG for the Tunisians during the tournament. [3] He also competed for the Tunisians in the 2005 and 2007 FIBA Africa Championship. [4] He was a member of the Tunisian team that took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Kechrid started his coaching career in 2021 as an assistant with US Monastir, and was promoted to head coach after a year. In October 2022, Kechrid and Monastir agreed to terminate their contract. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ African Nations Championship - Tunisia Squad [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Marouan Kechrid at basketpedya.com
  3. ↑ Marouan Kechrid Profile Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Khlifa, Hamza Ben (29 October 2022). "Basket - US Monastir : Linos Gavriel remplace Marouen Kechrid". Tunisie (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2023.


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